The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-02-21

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Does Poultry Pay on the Fsrm9
The following communication has
been received from one Of our patrons
man who has given the poultry sub.
ject sufficient study to entitle his opin-
ion to careful consideration by our
Highland county farmers:
After keeping an account Of the
poultry and eggs sold from the farm for
six months, the majority of farmers
must admit that the keeping of fowls ia
very profitable. Mr.. Fogy may say,
."Oh the hen business is to small for
me, must put in all my time looking
after those steers" 1t is a fact that
common hens" will average l2 dozen
eggs in one year when properly cared
for, and raise a brood of chicks-say 12-.
allow 2 for the hawks. This leaves 10
that will sell for $3.50 (if Matched early).
The eggs will average 12a cents per
dozen or $1.50, total 81 for all. It will
cost about 60 cents to keep that hen one
year, but we will allow 81. Fowls that
are allowed to run as they do on most
farms will not cost half this amount.
This leaves balance of So in favor of
Miss Hen. If one hen can do this, why
not 80 or 100 do the same?
Mr.. "Fogy" is fond Of fried eggs and
greatly relishes fried chicken, and when
pork and beans have been the daily diet
for weeks, he asks his wife who has all
the care of the poultry, "How is it wife
that we do not have chicken for dinner
any more?"
Wife very kindly replies: "Our hens
did not lay until so late this spring and
I only got few eggs to set; and after
the chickens were hatched did not
have anything to put them in but old
barrels, so part of them were drowned
by that big rain and the balance died
from gapes."
Mr.. Fogy: "Ohi well, there's moth.
ing in the poultry business anyhow, but
I like chickens on the table once in q
WHILE"
Wife remarks: "Mrs. Enterprise al
ways has all the fowls they want to eat,
and sell enough to pay their grocery
bills.".
Mr.. Fogy retorts: "Why can't you
then do like she does?"
Wife: "That is very easily explained.
Mr.. Enterprise has good warm chicken
house, with a good laying room and
plenty Of small coops to shelter young
chickens. His poultry.house faces the
south, with large;windows to give plenty
Of sunlight and warmth; with good
dust bath of road dust provided in front
window, and covered run for them in
rainy or snowy weather. He also has a
good lot fenced off for them to run in
during seeding time and garden.making
time. He has plenty of vegetables put
away for winter use, which helps to sup
ply the demand for green food, and he
he keeps straw or fine litter from the barn
the fowl house on which to throw some
small grain to keep the hens scratching
for exercise, thus keeping them from
getting too fat and lazy. This is why they
have plenty Of fowls and eggs to sell and
eat. If you will put as much money in
poultry as you did in one of those steers,
I will make more of the investment
than you will, besides not having such
monotonous meals as pork and pota.
toes"
Let the farmers give the hen little
more attention with warm winter quar-
ters and they will be doubly repaid in
dollars and cents, besides the pleasure
Of seeing the fowls enjoy their proper
place on the farm, and best of all the
well.illed basket of eggs every evening.