PRACTICAL EGG FARMS. 
Breeding House and Yards, Lakewood Farm. 
A GREAT EGG FARM. 
How Two Young Men are Building up a Profit¬ 
able Business. Strictly Fresh Eggs in 
Demand. 
It is very interesting to visit a large poultry 
plant soon after it has got under way, and, in¬ 
deed, while it is still in process of construction, 
and such was my pleasure a few weeks ago when 
I visited Lakewood Poultry Farm, Burrsville, 
N. J. Lakewood is widely celebrated for its 
mild winter climate, and its attractiveness as a 
winter resort is well known. Situated on the 
eastern-central shore of New Jersey, but a few 
miles back from the coast, Lakewood air is dry 
and warm for such a northern latitude, and that 
section of the State is much resorted to by peo¬ 
ple with delicate throats and a tendency to 
lung troubles. It was an affliction of this kind 
that brought Mr. A. S. Brown to Lakewood, and 
the region so strongly attracted him that he 
bought a farm of about 90 acres at Burrsville, 
situated on the State road, four or five miles 
from Lakewood and about half way between 
that town and the ocean. Here the Lakewood 
Poultry Farm was established and a young 
friend, Mr. Ammidown, was taken into partner¬ 
ship. 
The proprietors of Lakewood Poultry Farm 
are working partners, as is evidenced by the fact 
that Mr. Brown was pointed out to me at work 
down in the field, where I found him putting in 
the foundation of a new colony poultry house, 
and shortly afterwards we found Mr. Ammidown 
feeding the chickens in the long brooder house. 
The introductions and greetings over, Mr. 
Brown began right where we were standing by 
telling us something of the methods of erecting 
poultry houses there on the south Jersey sandy 
land. The method is simply to set posts in the 
ground below the possible frost line, the tops 
being cut off a foot above the ground level, 
hemlock boards are nailed to the foundation 
posts and the ground filled in to the level of the 
sills by simply shoveling the sandy soil into the 
inclosed space; with land consisting almost 
wholly of sand, there is no trouble about the 
drainage, water sinks into it immediately, and 
it carries with it the wash from the droppings, 
so that with reasonable care the soil does not 
become poisoned by the accumulated droppings. 
The farm consists of about ninety acres of 
land, one-half of which is still in the native 
woods; and most of the cleared land is set in 
fruit trees. At the time of our visit they were 
keeping about 2,500 head of laying fowls, White 
Wyandottes and Single Comb White Leghorns, 
and buildings being erected were planned to 
increase the capacity to about double the 
number,—it is the intention to carry about 
5,000 head of laying stock each winter. The 
business began with supplying strictly fresh 
eggs to a select city trade, and has grown to in¬ 
clude the furnishing of strictly fresh, unfertil¬ 
ized eggs to hospitals and other public institu¬ 
tions. The trade, originally in New York City, 
has been extended to the city of Newark, and 
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