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25 
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Barred  Rocks . 
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500 
1000 
$4.00 
$  7.50 
$15.00 
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$140.00 
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9.00 
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160.00 
5.00 
9.50 
18.00 
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170.00 
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10.00 
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180.00 
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122.50 
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THE  HENYARD 
Starting  a  Poultry  Farm 
1.  What  is  the  approximate  cost  of 
feeding  a  Leghorn  hen  per  year  if  the 
feed  has  to  be  purchased,  but  mixed  by 
the  purchaser?  2.  How  many  eggs  may 
reasonably  be  expected  per  hen  per  year 
on  the  average  by  persons  who  have  a 
good  knowledge  of  poultry,  but  have 
never  handled  them  as  a  complete  busi¬ 
ness  proposition?  3.  How  many  birds, 
housed  in  20x20-ft.  houses,  could  be 
handled  by  two  able-bodied,  enthusiastic, 
willing-to-work-hard  young  fellows?  4. 
What  profit  could  they  reasonably  ex¬ 
pect  to  make?  5.  How  many  eggs  is  it 
considered  necessary  for  a  hen  to  lay 
per  year  to  cover  cost  of  feed?  6.  What 
is  the  percentage  of  failure  in  the  com¬ 
mercial  poultry  business?  7.  I  feel  quite 
confident  that  I  can  handle  the  hens  to 
make  a  fair  profit,  and  will  in  every  way 
try  to  keep  them  strong,  healthy  and  in 
good  condition.  What  are  the  chances 
of  contagious  diseases  breaking  out  and 
spreading  through  a  flock  well-housed  and 
cared  for?  Are  there  many  losses  in 
poultry  due  to  this?  It  is  the  only,  or 
at  least  the  greatest  thing,  the  writer 
fears.  8.  What  amount  of  capital  would 
be  necessary  to  carry  the  number  of 
birds  you  suggest  until  maturity,  and 
also  the  iqitial  outlay  for  houses,  fix¬ 
tures,  etc.,  as  well  as  price  of  birds?  9. 
How  large  a  place  Avould  it  be  necessary 
to  have  for  the  size  flock  you  suggest? 
River  Edge,  N.  J.  a.  j.  w. 
1.  A  laying  Leghorn  will  eat  approxi¬ 
mately  85  lbs.  of  grain  and  mash  in  a 
year,  besides  the  green  stuff,  etc.,  con¬ 
sumed.  At  the  prices  I  am  now  paying 
the  local  G.  L.  F.  Exchange  for  grain 
and  mash  these  would  cost  practically 
$2.10  per  hen  per  year.  Green  stuffs 
would  cost  you  whatever  it  cost  to  raise 
and  store  them ;  grit  and  shell  an  addi¬ 
tional  small  amount. 
2.  From  120  to  an  egg. 
3.  About  5,000,  if  you  are  hard-boiled. 
4.  Dollars  and  dollars,  without  end. 
Regardless  of  “reasonable  expectations,” 
however,  profits  on  commercial  farms 
vary  from  a  net  loss  to  several  dollars  to 
the  good.  Let’s  be  optimistic  and  say  $2 
per  hen  per  year. 
5.  Depends  upon  price  of  eggs  and  cost 
of  feed.  There  is  no  fixed  relation  be¬ 
tween  these,  and  prices  vary  from  year 
to  year. 
6.  Probably  no  one  knows.  It  is  safe 
to  rate  it  as  high,  however. 
7.  Contagious  diseases  frequently  work 
havoc  in  flocks.  This  risk  is  no  greater 
than  necessary  risks  in  other  lines  of 
business  and  need  not  be  the  biggest  bug¬ 
bear. 
8.  I  don’t  know.  Better  start  on  a 
much  smaller  scale.  What  does  it  cost 
to  buy  a  farm? 
9.  I  should  not  care  to  start  a  com¬ 
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Expensive  Ration 
I  have  about  400  Rhode  Island  Reds 
and  Plymouth  rocks,  hens  and  pullets ; 
buy  all  feed.  In  the  morning  I  feed  equal 
parts  wheat,  oats  and  buckwheat ;  corn 
and  wheat  at  night ;  Cornell  laying  mash 
belore  them  all  the  time.  Is  this  a  well- 
balanced  ration?  It  is  a  high-priced  one, 
I  know.  I  live  near  a  slaughter  house 
where  I  can  get  fresh  blood ;  also  beef 
lungs,  free  of  charge.  Would  you  advise 
me  to  feed  some?  How  much  and  how 
often?  Raw  or  cooked?  I  buy  30  gal¬ 
lons  sour  milk  every  week  at  3  cents  per 
gallon.  I  have  20  capons  that  I  would 
like  to  crate-fatten  for  Thanksgiving. 
What  is  a  good  ration?  j.  n. 
Ohio. 
Your  ration  is  well  balanced,  though 
it  can  be  cheapened  by  feeding  more  corn 
and  less  wheat  in  the  scratch  grain,  and 
by  substituting  sour  skim-milk  for  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  the  beef  scrap  in  the 
mash.  Skim-milk  at  3  cents  a  gallon  is 
very  cheap.  From  three  to  four  gallons 
daily  of  sour  skim-milk  will  replace  the 
beef  scrap  in  the  mash  fed  each  100 
fowls,  and  a  less  amount  will  replace  a 
correspondingly  less  amount  of  scrap.  A 
steady  supply  should  be  assured,  how¬ 
ever.  if  it  is  to  be  used  in  preference  to 
meat.  Slaughter  house  products  may  be 
fed  raw,  but.  as  they  are  likely  to  be  in 
irregular  supply,  they  must  be  fed  with 
judgment.  I  cannot  advise  as  to  the  use 
of  fresh  blood.  This  is  a  product  rich  in 
protein  and  one  that  spoils  easily.  It  is 
usually  use!  in  dried  form  and  for  feed¬ 
ing  young  calves  and  pigs.  I  see  no  rea¬ 
son  why  fresh  blood  could  not  be  used  in 
buckwheat,  wheat  middlings  and  other 
a  mash  for  fowls,  but  would  advise  cau¬ 
tion  in  its  use. 
Ground  oats,  barley  and  cornmeal  are 
the  chief  fattening  foods,  though  ground 
Sample  free  on  request ! 
Feed  Department  6 
The  H-O  Cereal  Co.,  Inc. 
Buffalo,  N.Y. 
’S 
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Poultry  House 
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FIRST  CLASS  SECOND-HAND 
EGG  CASES,  Peach  Carriers.  Ber¬ 
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Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  &  Hovers 
Immediate  shipment  from  Pa.  or  Buffalo,  N.  V. 
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foods  are  also  used  when  at  hand.  Corn- 
meal  is  the  basis  of  most  fattening  ra¬ 
tions.  Equal  parts  of  cornmeal,  finely 
ground  oats  and  ground  barley  or  buck¬ 
wheat,  made  moist  with  skim-milk,  would 
make  a  good  fattening  ration,  though  it 
is  not  at  all  necessary  to  use  any  of 
the  products  in  exact  proportions.  Make 
cornmeal  the  base  and  with  it  use  any  of 
the  other  fattening  foods  that  are  avail¬ 
able.  using  skim-milk  if  possible  for  tire 
wetting.  M.  B.  D. 
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wHl  Ulll/iC  veterinarian  required;  you  can 
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