Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-04

Another Expert ns. "yisv.' on How 70
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In poultry farming as In other ia, .1a,
ing signal success comes thfonsn ,a'
ca,nblnation Of a cuisines bead, IN
vested CAPITAL, anl a fair run Of some
thing which. II We do not call u luce
means nearly the same thing. IL Is pc''
Ter 10 expect only moderate income
and fair returns on ones capital thah 70
dream Of keeping Ave thousand mems
and ra,haring in five thousand eSs'
every day.
now much money Is absolutely nece'-
ANY in making . star, Is n difficult qncs-
lion to answer, for fifty dollars In some
hands and IN some ncighborhoods !,
worth two hundred In other cases, and
uluck which bears tho hardships OF De
ginning. patience which does not give
up the struggle when discouragcmsnt
comes, as Il Inevitably will come some
day, and CHEEKY hope which sees reward
ahead are all 10 10 counted IN as capital
"Beglnning without capital" ia an cx-
prcssIon often heard. but shcrc really Is
no such thing. for II one depends al INST
on other work. and spends only pin
money on poultry. his living expenses
all the time should justly b. rcckoned as
invested capital. -,
We know one girl whose friends said
that she had begun poultry farming on
An investment Of tij, but tho truth was
that although sho spcnt only that modest
rum on a trio Of fine chickens, some
common hens and a rough little house,
her maintenance In the family house I'M
III her flock had increased 70 large pro-
portions. aud the rcpto OF the farm over
which her chickens had free range, cor
responded TO a capital OF 500. And
that q one OF the best points about
raising chickens; ono can he breaking
ground for n profitable crop Of them
willis earning a living In some other
way. cnltlva,ing strawberries or choice
vegetables. The farmers thrifty daugh-
ter, or tho schoolmistress who wants out
door work. may buy = few eggs and
"broody" hen TO cover their and three
years aiterward cell hundreds Of dollars
worth Of thoroughbred stock, but she
should remember that her Opportunity
wa capital to her.
When ono must, In the beginning, hirc
or buy land and build all kinds OF
houscs. he should look ut the matter In
n businesslike way. and count on getting
simply a reasonable per cent. on his In
vestment. "iow many hens must l
keep In order to support family Of SIX
personsg was question asked recently
by reader. rs " II were settled fact
that hen could support n given number
Of pcrsons or fractions thereof Seven
thousand hens inight-probahly would
bankrupt n farmer. while with two hun
dred he could earn his living. one dol
lar year Is supposed TO 10 tho yycrago
profit from an average hen. II tho hen
Is young. smart and pure bred she
should bring her owner moro money
than that.
As a general average there arc one
third as many eggs each day rs there are
hens II In ilOcks OF over twenty. OF
sourse there are fewer eggs in early win.
ter and more In early spring. Hens kept
In groups Of six OF seven lay far better.
on many days every hen furnishing hor
reason for being" so tina, II one had
BQ0 hens In aocks OF hfiy one probably
would have 100 egTs u day. II kept In
focks Of fifteen there would often 10
900. ASS rrle that increase repays one
Tor tho cost Of extra buildings Twenty.
Eve ''blddies' make a good. manageable
family.
Before one can SEQ clearly how much
money he will need he must decide upon
The path no Is going TO folIowi whether
hc will raise puo stock or market poul-
'sy. or turn his attention 10 new laid
sggs.' Probably no will branch of In
IoInc way be did not expect. but n well
.onsldened plan will keep him from wan
aering about bawildercd wheihar to sell
his eggs at fifty cens dozen or keep
Them TO hatch into chickens worth fifty
cents apound.-Ameriean Agricultural.
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