American Agriculturist, October 27,1923 
291 
SOLUTION OF THE MYSTERY | 
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MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
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that comply in "all respects to 
the new law of New York State. 
We unreservedly advise land 
owners to post their farms. 
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Address: 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Dept. A 
461 4th Ave., New York City 
Does a Small Flock Pay? 
Figures That Decide the Question 
O N January 1, 1922, Bv H 
our little flock of 
Grade Rocks numbered sixty hens and 
pullets. They had comfortable quar¬ 
ters through the winter, with plenty 
of straw over the dirt floor where their 
grain rations were scattered. The 
roosts were up from the ground about 
forty-two inches, and were on a level, 
The dropping board or floor is about 
six inches below the roosting poles or 
rather flat strips of boards. This 
dropping board is treated each morning 
to a good dusting, with sifted hard coal 
ashes. The droppings are all cleaned 
off weekly and stored for use as high- 
grade fertilizer. 
There is never any trouble from lice 
and there is never any loss from or 
odor of ammonia in their roosts, even 
after they are removed and stored. 
During the winter they have some cab¬ 
bage or beets; in fact, anything in that 
line that they will eat. The first of 
April they are shut in a large yard, for 
E. COX Ninety cents was a 
liberal allowance for 
the grain feed and we knew just what 
the scrap and shells cost. As no dog 
is kept, all the table scraps go to the 
poultry, and as there is a large family 
this is quite an item. One of the good 
features of the farm is, that where 
poultry and pigs are kept there is, or 
should be no waste either from the 
field, orchard, or table. There is no 
charge here for the labor, for this was 
a pleasure, and really required little 
time. A year or two ago I could not 
have given as good a report. A little 
extra attention has brought results. 
STARTING WITH FIFTEEN HENS 
KATHERINE PAUL 
In May, 1921, we bought a setting 
hen, and in June hatched “Buff Orping¬ 
ton chickens.” The last of July, we took 
over a small place near Boston, and 
One of the points in favor of the small flock is that it turns table and 
garden waste into a profit, replacing expensive grains 
I have found that poultry and garden¬ 
ing do not thrive together on the same 
plot of ground. 
Through the summer they have an 
abundance of green stuff from the gar¬ 
dens, beginning with lettuce and spin¬ 
ach; later the bottom beans and softer 
heads- of the cabbage. I also cut the 
tops off the beets and carrots and other 
root crops, not cutting too close. These 
soon grow’ up again and appear all the 
better for the treatment. The chard 
also furnished a great quantity of 
green feed. 
The grain feed is a mixture of corn, 
wheat, oats, and barley. The feeding 
of scrap began about October 1. Very 
little water was used as drink ^as there 
was an abundance of it in milk for that 
purpose; in fact, the flock was pretty 
well looked after. In November, after 
crops were gathered, they again had 
the run of orchard and fields, but not 
the garden and lawns. A daily record 
was kept of the eggs produced. The 
grain feed was estimated. 
January 1 past, I did a little figur¬ 
ing and there appeared to be a credit 
of between two and three dollars for 
each bird. My son said: “Why, Father, 
that can’t be right. There' must be 
some mistake in your figures.” My re¬ 
ply was: “Well, Harry, perhaps I have 
But there is the egg record and there 
certainly is no mistake in that, and you 
know about the prices of grains and 
other feed that they have had. Just 
do a little figuring and see what you 
make it.” The result of his figures 
was not materially different from my 
own. They were as follows: 
6,819 eggs at 3%c- $238.66 
Six quarts grain per 
day equals 69 bushel 
at 90c a bushel..$62.10 
Scrap and other feed at 
10c per day. 36.50 
- 98.60 
$140.06 
Dividing this sum by 60 equals $2.33 
per hen. 
received with it 15 hens and a White 
Rock rooster. All the hens were Barred 
Rocks. 
We began to keep an egg-record on 
the first of August. The Orpingtons 
laid practically none until New Years, 
1922. During the last of 1921, the 
average laying flock was rather less 
than 15 through the death of one or 
two. As the Orpingtons began to lay, 
others of the old flock were disposed of, 
so that the average in the laying house 
for the entire year, from August to 
August, was about 16 hens. 
From this small flock we secured 
2,351 eggs during that time. Of these 
1,982 were sold for $92.81. Of the 
remaining 369 eggs, 254 were used in' 
the house, 18 were lost in the hen¬ 
house, 25 were given away, and 72 were 
used for setting. The value of these 
369 is estimated at $16.65 making the 
total value of eggs $109.50. The fowls 
that were sold brought $14.50. The 
feed cost in round numbers was $75.00, 
which leaves a margin of approxi¬ 
mately $50.00 on a flock averaging 16 
hens. This does not take into consid¬ 
eration, however, the labor cost on the 
one side, nor certain intangible profits 
on the other. 
Several fowls were consumed in the 
house during the year; and a flock of 
young chicks, which, at the close of the 
egg year numbered 64, were raised for 
several months on the feed mentioned. 
April proved to be the month of max¬ 
imum production, with 341 eggs; and 
June the minimum, with 142 produced. 
In May and June, many of the hens 
were sitting, or hovering chicks. On 
one day in March and two days in April 
there was 100 per cent production. 
“I want to congratulate you upon 
the great improvement which has taken 
place in the American Agriculturist. 
Enclosed please find check in the 
amount of one ($1) dollar for sub¬ 
scription. I want to have access to it 
regularly.”—Mr. Harold N. Humphrey, 
Jamestown, N. Y. 
CATTLE BREEDERS 
HUNT ie'oqitvc 
FARM JUJKoJl, JL fit 
I offer three very choice heifers, whose 
Gr. dam produced in three years 46,300 
lbs. milk, 2,281 lbs. fat, winning three 
gold, one silver and one bronze medals. 
Her best year’s work was 18,050 lbs. 
milk, 938 lbs. fat and 1,126 lbs. butter. 
Their dams are some of my best cows. 
Hunt Farm Jerseysare bred for business. 
S. B. HUNT, Hunt, New Y ork 
HOLSTEIN BULLS FOR SALE 
Sons of * 
DUTCHLAND C0LANTHA SIR INKA 
FISHKILL FARMS, Hopewell Junction, N. Y. 
HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Owner 
GUERNSEY HEIFER 
ten months old, a fine Individual, well grown and from 
an accredited herd. No Plus Ultra is the grand sire of 
both sire and dam through different sons. Price, $225. 
Also fine bull calf, born last Spring by same sire and 
out of an A. R. granddaughter of King of the Man. Price, 
$90. Farm located at Amsterdam, N. Y. Address cor¬ 
respondence for photographs and pedigrees to 
FLOYD S. BARLOW, WORCESTER, OHIO 
H0LSTEINS and GUERNSEYS 
Fresh cows and springers, 100 head of the finest 
quality to select from. Address 
A. F. SAUNDERS, CORTLAND, N. Y. 
HOLSTEINS 
2 Car loads high-class grade springers. 50 Grade 
Heifers, 2 and 3 years old. 60 Head Registered 
Cattle. Write your wants. 
J. A. LEACH CORTLAND. N. Y. 
SWINE BREEDERS 
PIGS FOR SALE 
Chester White and Yorkshire Crossed and Chester 
and Berkshire Crossed Pigs, 6 to 7 weeks old, $4 
each, and 7 to 8 weeks old, $4.50. I have 20 Pure 
Black Berkshires, 7 to 8 weeks old. $5 each, Boars 
|7 each. Pure Chester White Pigs, 7 to 8 weeks old, 
$5 each. Boars $7 each. Will ship from 1 to 100 to 
your approval C. O. D. 
WALTER LUX, 388 Salem St., WOBURN, MASS. 
Big Type Chester Whites S°o^; s n g: a ?4 s 0 | 1 re p ai°h n 
Prepaid. GEO. F. GRIFFIE, R. 3, NEWVILLE, PA. 
1 flO °- L O- CHESTER WHITE and DUROC Dir 1 C 
a uU five and six weeks old. $3.50 each. TIvjD 
OAKS DAIRY FARM WYALE8ING, PA. 
CHOICE O. I. C. PIGS Ervsg 
old. Boars and son's for breeding purposes, $6 each, 
including registration papers; So without papers. 
CHAS. E. HARRIS & SON, IVliddlebury, Vt. 
RFfiKTFRFn 0 I f AND Chester white pigs. 
1VL.UIU1L1UAI V. 1. V. E. p.ROGERS, WAYVILLK, N. Y. 
LARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS 
Young gilts: service boars: fall pigs, either sex, good 
ones. Buster Arbitrator Blood. Prices right. 
E. U. BROKAW & SONS, WOODSIDE FARM, FLESHING, O. 
rSteVffif. Fall PIGS For Sale ttffSSf”* 
Write BROOKSIDE FARM, MIDDLETOWN, YA. 
Biff Tvm* Pnlamls Boars ' Sows and F,s: * 
LUg rOldimh f or sale; good ones; low 
prices. Write me. G. S. HALL, FARMDALE. OHIO. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Grand champion breeding. Largest herd in America. Free booklet. 
HARPENDING Box 10 DUNDEE, N.Y. 
SHEEP BREEDERS 
FOR SALE 
Registered Shropshires 
10 Rams and 20 Ewes 
Also 15 Ewe lambs 
Bred from the best of blood 
CHARLES MOORE, FRAZEYSBURG, OHIO 
TY *1 1 „ is offering an Advanced Registry 
rairnoime asSKr Also ,c " lln ‘ 
EARL D. BROWN IUON, N. Y„ R. No. 2 
BABY CHICKS 
Bar Rock Pullets, handsome. Heavy Laying Stock. 
$1.50 each. Lots of 100 or more $1 35. Brown I^c- 
Wggr horn Pullets $1.25. White Leghorn Pullet* $1.26 each. 
KfegL vfjB Inspection invited. Registered Airdale Pups $25. 
HUMMER’S POULTRY FARM 
FRBNCHTOWN, N. J„ R. 1 
I Af>ri7 CTnnr fln# Poultry, Turkeys,Geese,Ducks,Guinea*, 
LttlXuL Bantams, Collies, Pigeons, Chicks, Stock, 
EffCS, low; catalog. PIOREEK FARMS, Telford, Pennsylvania. 
