972 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 30. 
The Henyard. 
That Awful Small Boy. 
Small Bov : What is a roost, pa ? 
Parent : A roost, my sou. is the pole 
on which chickens roost at night. 
Small Boy: And what is a perch, papa? 
Parent: A perch is what chickens perch 
on at night. , , 
Small Boy : Well, papa, could a chicken 
roost on a perch? 
Parent: Why, of course. 
Small Boy: An’ could they perch on a 
roost? 
Parent: O, heavens, yes! 1 suppose so, 
Small Boy: But if just after some 
chickens had perched on a roost and made 
it a perch, some chickens came along and 
roosted on the perch and made it a roost, 
then the roost would be a perch and the 
perch would be a roost, and some of the 
chickens would be perchers and the others 
would be roosters, and - 
Parent: Susan ! Susan ! Take this child 
to bed before he drives me mad. 
The Business Hen in Panama. 
The Isthmian Canal Commission takes up 
smaller subjects than steam shovels and 
concrete dams. Here is its poultry report: 
The Ancon Hospital poultry farm has 
been in existence since January, 1910. start¬ 
ing with 200 Brown Leghorn hens and 15 
cocks. In the following April, 100 hens 
and 10 cocks of the Khode island Red va¬ 
riety were added: one month later a con¬ 
signment of 230 Plymouth Rock hens and 
cocks were received, and in April, 1911, an 
addition of 100 fowls, imported from the 
States, was made to the Brown Leghorn 
family. 
During the first 18 months of operation 
(Januarv 1. 1910. to July 1. 1911), 4.455 
dozen eggs were produced at the farm, of 
which the Leghorns laid 29.329 eggs, the 
Reds 9,094, and the Plymouth Rocks 15.- 
042. 
The cost of running the poultry farm, 
and the approximate cost of the eggs per 
dozen, by months, for the seven months 
ending July 31, 1911, follows: 
Approxi. 
mate Cost 
Per Doz. 
$0.13 
. 11 % 
.11 % 
.10% 
.10 
.13% 
.11% 
Dozens. 
Total 
Cost. 
January .... 
.. 287 
$36.97 
February ... 
. . 243 
28.33 
March . 
.. 247 
28.81 
April .. 
.. 281 
29.16 
May . 
290 
29.94 
June . 
. . 235 
32.34 
July . 
25.15 
The average cost per dozen for the whole 
period mentioned has been about 11% 
cents. The prevailing price of eggs at the 
commissary is 27 cents per dozen, indicat¬ 
ing on the basis of that figure a saving of 
about 15% cents per dozen, or about $280 
for the seven months’ period. There were 
also 53 pairs of pigeons which produced 
squabs at about 21 % cents each. 
There are several ostrich farms in Ger¬ 
many. Incubators are used for hatching, 
though the hen ostrich is better. A new 
use for a duck is recorded : “Another pecu¬ 
liarity of a baby ostrich is that it will not 
eat when alone, and at the Stollingeii farm 
there is a large-sized ordinary duck of 
common breed which acts as foster mother 
to all the young birds when first hatched. 
Observation shows that the duck appreci¬ 
ates its duties and takes kindly to them and 
that the result is satisfactory.” 
Egg Profits. 
1. What profits are being made on well- 
managed commercial egg farms? 2. What 
is your opinion of the S. C. White Orping¬ 
tons as an egg producer. Do they lay 
white eggs? M. R. 
1. Although we hear quite frequently of 
large profits per head made from laying 
hens, they are for the most part being 
made by men handling small flocks, giving 
them most careful attention, and who have 
worked up a special trade that commands a 
high price. 1 very much doubt if the aver¬ 
age well-managed flock realizes more than 
a dollar per head of profit. 2. The S. C\ 
Orpingtons, like the Plymouth Rock and 
Wyandottes, are a medium sized breed and 
only excel as layers in special strains bred 
for that purpose. The eggs are more or 
less tinted. R. n. 
A Henhouse Plan. 
Tell any faults with the following plans 
for a poultry house: I intend to drive 
stakes into the ground about two feet and 
allow them to come about a foot above the 
ground, and place the henhouse on these 
stakes. I also intend to bank the sides 
with straw in Winter to keep cold air from 
going under the house, and leave it open 
under it in the Summer. I have been told 
lately that this is unwise, because the floor 
will soon rot out. Is there any truth in 
these statements? Aside from a cement 
floor I propose to adopt the plans followed 
by the Agricultural Experiment Station at 
Ithaca. I would like to give you an account 
of the pullets after they begin to lay. 
New York. E. c. H. 
You will be safe in following the Ithaca 
plan for your location. As to placing it up 
off the ground on stakes, it will make it 
cooler in Summer, and if tightly banked 
will be nearly as warm in Winter. Unless 
you wire it to keep the hens from getting 
under, you should have it a foot or two 
higher. The flooring will last much longer 
raised above the ground in this way than if 
next to the ground. r. b. 
Cornish Indian Game. 
On page 829 S. V. S., of New Jersey, 
wanted information regarding the Cornish 
Indian Game as a general purpose fowl. I 
thought a few words from one knowing 
the breed from A to V. would be acceptable. 
As an all-round breed the Dark Cornish 
(formerly Indian Games) possess many 
good points. Their hard, close feathers 
and small frostproof pea comb make them 
one of the best fowls for this climate, and 
being hardy and vigorous they are seldom 
troubled with sickness common to other 
breeds. As layers we don’t expect hens 
Weighing from seven to 10 pounds to lay 
as well as three or four-pound breeds, yet 
I have known hens three and four years 
old to lay as many as 25 eggs in one 
month. I find they lay more eggs in Win¬ 
ter than several American breeds popular 
today. For broilers they cannot bo 
beaten. Chicks feather quickly and the 
great amount of breast meat makes them 
fit for market three weeks before^ other 
breeds. There is more meat on a Cornish 
chick at 1 % pound than there is on a Rock 
or Red at two pounds. I raised the three 
kinds and fed them alike and found the 
Cornish beat all others by three weeks. 
Cornish weighed two pounds where others 
weighed 1 % pound. _ l. ii. F. 
An Engineer and his Hens. 
On page 952 an engineer gave a brief 
statement about bis lien business. Does 
lie keep them for fun or is it a business 
enterprise? If so, does it pay? 
SEVERAL READERS. 
Mr. L. B. Thatcher, who wrote the note 
referred to, makes the following statement. 
He keeps S. C. W. Leghorns : 
After working 10 hours in engine room, 
I am not working three hours a day and 
holidays with poultry, for love of them 
alone. The following figures are taken 
from my book, beginning November, 1909, 
ending October 31, 1910 : 
Set 400-egg incubator three times, 
1,248 eggs, at 24 cents per dozen. $24.96 
Hatched 932 strong chicks, which 
cost to feed until cockerels were 
sold as broilers and pullets ma¬ 
tured, to October 31. 178.80 
One barrel of oil. 6.00 
Supplies . 26.40 
$237.45 
Cost of keep of 210 layers. 256.20 
Cost of being caught for a sucker.. 20.00 
$513.65 
Receipts. 
Eggs sold, 2.135 dozen; average 
price, per dozen. 31 cents.$661.85 
Hens sold to butcher. 341 pounds, at 
13 cents . 44.33 
Day-old chicks, 50 at 15 cents. 7.50 
Cockerels, 314, at 20 to 85 cents per 
pair . 84.08 
Bullets, 160, at $1.50 each. 240.00 
Bullets. 30 at $1.25 each. 37.50 
Stock on hand, 104 year-old hens 
for breeders; butchers’ value, 
about . 52.00 
$1,107.26 
Less . 513.65 
Brofit. $593.61 
Pullets on hand. 122, that about balance 
in number hens sold. 
Used poultry and eggs in family to the 
value of $60 for our use. But not a market 
value of that amount, as many were large, 
small and cracked eggs. 
My profit for this year will be better, as 
I have sold’ 1,500 hatching eggs at $5 per 
hundred, and all my yearlings that I care 
to spare at $1 each, and 100 pullets at 
$1.50 each. 
Now, reader, if you get the hen fever, 
hold down your job until you have had 
several years' experience, and have grown 
chicks in quantity and quality. If you 
don’t you will last just so long as your 
money holds out. As a side line with my 
trade it has been very confining. I have 
hardly been to a place of amusement in 
three years, but have bought land, built a 
house, laying house for 300 birds and col¬ 
ony houses for 1.000 young stock, with a 
hopeful future. l. b. thatcheu. 
New Jersey. 
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