1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
69 
COSGROVES'S POULTRY ACCOUNT 
FOR DECEMBER. 
The last mont'h of the year 1900 has 
come, and with it fhe closing of my poul¬ 
try account for the year. For some rea¬ 
sons it is perhaps well that the account 
shows less profit from month to month 
than in former years. If the fowls had 
done unusually well—as one would natur¬ 
ally desire fhey should, when their doings 
were to be made public—then the ac¬ 
count, although true, would be mislead¬ 
ing; just to the extent that it was above 
the normal or general average. I have 
been surprised at the interest taken in this 
plain statement of the actual doings of a 
flock of fowls. I should think four-fifths 
of all the letters received, outside of those 
from family or relatives, refer to the in¬ 
terest taken bv the writers in these re¬ 
ports. Conditions are changing on many 
a farm that make the old means of sup¬ 
port no longer reliable; and the possi¬ 
bility of making a living from poultry, or 
something where the hired man can be 
dispensed with, become of vital interest. 
Continuing the weekly account Decem¬ 
ber 7, shows 191 eggs laid during the 
first! week of this month. December 10 
we got the first egg from the Buff Or¬ 
pington pullets. These 10 pullets were 
hatched May 12, so were about seven 
months old when the first one laid. I had 
heard great accounts of their laying, and 
these may do well later; but my Wyan- 
dott’es average to lay at a month earlier 
and so far have laid better. The cock¬ 
erels are big lusty fellows, nine pounds or 
so in weight, and a very beautiful and 
rich velvety buff in color. I should think 
they would make a nice cross to add size 
to the Rhode Island Reds. 
Dec. 14—194 eggs laid this week. In 
one large house where there are about 
100 pullets, I have begun feeding a dry 
mash consisting of two parts bran, one 
part' cornmeal and one part beef scraps; 
with cracked corn, wheat or barley in the 
litter at night. This is fed liberally, so 
there will be something to scratch for in 
the morning. 
December 21—227 eggs this week. The 
dry feed men may say, “Look at the bet¬ 
ter result since using dry feed,” but the 
fact is the increase did not come from the 
house where dry feed is used. 
December 28—258 eggs received this 
week; fhis is a gain of over o * l / 2 dozen 
as compared with the first week in this 
month. Adding 116 laid in the last three 
days, the total for the month is 986; 257 
more than in November. Receipts and 
expenditures for the month are as fol¬ 
lows : 
Market eggs sold. $61.20 
Eggs l'or Incubation. 18.00 
Hens sold . 9.07 
Cockerels sold . 16.50 
$104.77 
Crain bought.$40.50 
Less grain on hand Jan. 1st. 12.50 28.00 
$76.77 
This shows a very nice profit, as it’ 
stands, but the truth is that to accommo¬ 
date some of my neighbors who only get 
a few eggs, I have bought theirs and 
shipped them with mine, to the amount of 
'75J/2 dozen, value $28.58, which deducted 
from the $76.77 leaves the actual profit 
$48.19 for the month of December. The 
account for the year is as follows: 
Total number eggs laid. 39,815 
Total receipts for eggs, fowls, broilers 
and breeding stock.$1,200.84 
Paid for grain, etc.$539.61 
Paid for eggs to set. 23.80 
Paid express on eggs. 27.65 591.06 
Net cash profit. $609.78 
As the average number of fowls kept 
during the year cannot be told with cer¬ 
tainty on account of the constant changes, 
iby sales, etc., the best I can do is t’o esti¬ 
mate it at 350. This would give a profit 
per hen of $1.74. In previous years my 
fowls have averaged $2 per head profit, 
but this year the majority of the flock- 
have been old hens, and though the total 
number was about the same—only 50 less 
—fhe number of eggs laid fell from 50,- 
516 to 39,815, a loss of 10,701 during the 
year. The importance of keeping mostly 
pullets instead of hens is well shown by 
the above figures. 
The net cash profit of $609.78 shown 
above, does not include the value of eggs 
and poultry used in the family, or the 
value of the hen manure; either of which 
items I think would fully offset “depre¬ 
ciation of plant.” I feel impelled, in clos¬ 
ing this account for the year, to take the 
opportunity to thank rhe many readers 
of I he R. N.-Y. who have written me 
kindly words regarding these articles, and 
to wish them all a prosperous and happy 
new year. geo. a. cosgrove. 
A Hay Barrac k.— Whenever we refer 
to the hay barracks used in Pennsylvania, 
New Jersey and other Eastern States, we 
are asked what a barrack is. We t’here- 
fore show one at’ Fig 24, page 58. The 
picture was made by E. E. Horton of 
Morris Co., N. J. As will be seen, a “bar¬ 
rack” is a small, outdoor shelter for hay. 
Four strong posts support a square roof 
which may be raised or lowered as de¬ 
sired. The hav is pitched into the bar¬ 
rack as it would be into a stack and after 
it settles the roof is let down to keep 
out the rain. It is really a square stack 
with a roof. 
At hen you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 14. 
WILD TURKEY^ P alf a,ul three-quarter bred, a 
V ILU 1 a limited number for sale during 
this month. M. B. ROWE & CO.. Fredericksburg. Va. 
M. B. TURKEYS £ choi , ce 9/ young birds 
' . .. for.sale. Write for prices 
and description. E. D. WITHROW Dublin,Va. 
COR SALE— Heavy weight Turkeys, -U Mammoth 
■ Bronze q wild. Toms *5.00, Hens $3.00. 
<1. H. .JAIsNEY, Brookeville, Maryland. 
Mammoth Toulouse Geese, Wh. Rocks and Wh. 
Wyand. ckls. tor sale. E. Schieber, R. 2, Bucyrus, O. 
R 1 {'. 1 A few Cockerels for sale. 
° V- K. WOOSTER, Lysunder New York. 
500 BARRED ROCKS and S. C. Brown I.eg- 
horns at price. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
jyiAPLh WLLA POULTRY YARDS can fill orders from all varl- 
etleB, Andalusians, Rocks, Wyandottes, Minorcan, Leghorns, 
Hamburg*, Spanish, Anconas, Javux. W. (i. Mosher,Sylvania,Pa. 
eiNGLEAND ROSE COM H MINORCAS, 
J7 . !l,so black Spanish Cockerels. Write at once. 
Ridgewood StocK Farm, West Coxsackie, New York. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM ’^rJRSS^ 
W . I lymouth Kooks and W. Holland Turkey8 
F 0 J^u?. A ^~ E ^ s for Hatching from thoroughbred 
1 W hite Wyandottes. Also, Cockerels at $2.00 each. 
Address, E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
Cockerels. 150 R. C. R. 1 . Reds. Partridge Wyan- 
m’/ic s ' A, st strains bred separately. Elegant birds 
rnwL'i ,p - ,y return my expense. Sinclair Smith, 
00- nth St.. Brooklyn., N. \ . Farm, Southold, N. Y. 
Dl ; FF, Wh. Leghorns, Eggs 75c. per 15, $ 1.25 per 30: S. C R I 
U ReJ Eggs 90c. per 15, $1.50 per :,0; Mottled Ancona Eggs, $1.25 
per 15, $2.00 per 80; Clr. free. JOHN A. ItOTlI, (juakertown. Pa. 
DOSE COMB Brown Leghorn Cockerels. Beststrain 
*x Price reasonable. I. C. Hawkins, Bullville, X. Y. 
FOR ^Al F~ 25 choice Barred and Buff Rock 
!llso White Wyandotte 
Cockerels and Buff Rock Hens. Price reasonable 
DR. S. C. MOYER, Lansdale, Pa. 
MANOKIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
No experiment, bred 12 years from the best laving 
^r; l I>> s m America Stock and Eggs at FARMERS’ 
1 RICES. R. B. Pusev, Box 6, Princess Anne, Md. 
DA KHEI), BUFF ANI) WHITE I'l.YMOUTB 
,RO< KS, White Wyandottes, White Minorcas 
White Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks: $3.00 each 
l- i5?,!'i Jr!°!• ^I'rwjing pen. Catalogue free 
LOW Alii) G. NOONAN, Proprietor East Donegu 
Poultry Yards, Marietta, Pennsylvania 
Bonnie Brae Poultry 
breeders of Blue Ribbon, Single and Rose Comb 
White Loghorns'and mammoth Pekin Ducks Stock 
and Eggs for sale at reasonable prices. Largest 
plant in the vicinity of New York City. Incubators 
10,000 Eggs capacity. 
WHITE LEGHORN AND WHITE 
WYANDOTTE EGGS. 
GUARANTEED TO HATCH. Send for Catalogue C 
MAPLELINO POULTRY YARDS, Pulaski, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S, C. WHITE 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1904-05. Trio: 
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C. H. ZIMMER. I{. D. 41. Weedsport, N. Y 
GREIDER’S FINE (IATALOGU 
1907 tells all about pure-bred poultry a 
describe, and Illustrates 60 varieties. 1 o beau 
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_ B ' H - CREIDER, RHEEMS, PA. 
WANTED 30 OK 40 
Thoroughbred Angora Yearling Kids. 
COPLEY AMORY, Homestead Farm, Walpole. N. H. 
FFRRFTQ Raised in small lots are str< 
I kllllU I O healthy. Warranted good 
rabbit hunters. Descriptive circular and p 
free. Shady Lawn Ferret Farm, New Londoi 
C 0 ' ; L'E FEMALE PUPS, cheap; also Brood 
Bitches. NELSON BROS., Grove City. Pa. 
CPORTINO DOGS, Cattle. Sheep, 
Swine, Pigeons, Ferrets and 
1 Rabbits. Ten cents Fifty-six page 
illustrated catalogue. C. (i. I.loydt, 
—Dept. K, Sayre, Pa. 
E ATON’S LITTLE CHICK FOOD. 
ATON’S CLIMAX GRAIN MIXTURE. 
ATON’S PERFECTION MASH. 
There are no substitutes for Platon’s 
Poultry bloods. No other brands will 
give the same results. No other Poultry 
Foods are ‘‘just as good” as Eaton’s. Use 
the best. Feed Eaton's Poultry fi’oods. 
They will increase your profit. Your 
dealer can furnish—if not, write for 
samp es and delivery prices. 
R. D. EATON GRAIN AND FEED CO. 
Dept. 1, Norwich, NEW YORK. 
Rust’s Egg Producer—keeps 
hens laying steadily all winter. 
Prices lie to 2uc per lb. atdealers. 
I tint’s Egg Record and valuable 
booklet free. Write today. 
WILLIAM RUST & SONS, 
[Dept, i*, Mew Brunswick, N. J 
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