The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-07
THE FARM AND HOME.
PROFITS OF POULTRY TO THE
AVERAGE FARMER.
Largest Returns For the Money Invested
How to Destroy the Pestiferous
oil Meal For Dairy Cows
Household Notes.
Poultry on the Farm.

AACic is no source Vi pfOuG dVdll-
able to the farmer which is capable of
giving SO large returns for the money
invested as poultry. For example,
dozen eggs can be produced at less cost
than pound Of pork. It is a we'll
known fact that the farmer receives
thirty cents per dozen for absolutely
fresh laid eggs as often as the choicest
bit of pork reaches fifteen cents per
pound. While the price for a dozen OF
eggs seldom falls below ten cents, yet
the price of pork often declines to five
cents per pound. One dozen eggs also
cost the farmer less to produce than a
pound of butter. A house room made
comfortable and fully equipped for one
dozen hens costs no more than a shelter
for single horse or COW. By COM
pairing the cost of feeding and care, it
is easy to decide which is the most
remunerative. ts@'ss
At the present time there is more
profit in eggs than in raising poultry
for market, and yet pound of poultry
flesh can be raised as cheaply as the
same amount of any other kind of meat,
while it averages double the price of
beef or pork to the producer. Crops
that drain our land of it's valuable
properties sometimes fail to give salts
factory returns Now a flock of we'll
managed poultry, besides giving a
direct profit, adequate to place the in
dustry connected with them above
others of its class, furnishes a fertilizer
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our lands to their. original fertility.
Fowls are the best economizers on
the farm, since they pick up every
stray crumb and many kernels of scat
tered grain, that unavoidably fall to
the ground and would otherwise be
lost. They devour myriads of insect
pests, and, while thus protecting our
crops from destruction, they utilize the
destroyer, 49,.
The products of the poultry yard are
among the luxuries which are within
the farmers reach, not, however, with.
out some effort and expense. What,
ever is really worth having costs ar
effort to secure. Too much has otter
been expected from hens, consider
ing the care given to them. Many
poor biddy has been compelled tt
face the cold winds of Winter nights
roosting on fences or in the tree tops
while others have only the shelter O.
an open shed. and are obliged to sub
sist most of the year on such scatter
ing bits of food as they can find fo1
themselves. Many a man, because hi
is obliged to feed his hens through thu
winter only enough to prevent starva
ton, complains that the fowls are I'M
profitable, simply because they do no
lay eggs when prices are high. Now
if these same hens had been properl,
housed, and given a little extra car
and feed, they would become paying
investment instead of a useless expense
Much of the food which was consume,
in keeping them warm could have BEEF
utilized for egg production.
So delicate and nourishing an articl
OF food as an egg is well worth all
costs It is just as easy to have hen
laying at any season of the year as t.
have COWS give milk. There is NJ
luck or chance about it. It is natura
for hens to produce eggs, and unde
favorable circumstances they will la
freely. 1t is reasonable to suppos
that all who keep hens want them t
lay we'll. How to get the most egg
with the least trouble and expense
the question pressing for answer.