The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27
THE FARM AND HOME.
PROFITS OF POULTRY TO THE
AVERAGE FARMER.
largest Returns For the Money Invested
How TO Destroy tho Pestlfsrous
-Oil Meal For Dairy Cows
Household Notes.
Poultry on the Farm.

There is no source of profit avail
able TO the farmer which Is capable OF
giving so large returns for the money
invested as poultry. For example, q
dozen eggs can be produced at less cost
than a pound of pork. 1t 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 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. house room made
comfortable and fully equipped for one
dozen hens costs no more than shelter
for a single horse or COW. BY COM
pairing the cost OF feeding and care, 1t
is easy to decide which is the most
remunerative.
. 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 cheapl7 as the
same amount of any other kind OF meat,
while it averages double tho price Of
beef or pork to the producer. Crops
that drain our land of its valuable
properties sometimes fail to give salts
factory returns. Now 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 fertilizer
which is almost invaluable in restoring
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 deyour myriads of insect
pests. and. while thus protecting our
crops from destruction, they utilize the
destroyer.
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 an
effort to secure. Too much has often
been expected from hens, consider
ing the care given to them. Many
poor biddy has been compelled to
face the cold winds of Winter nights,
roosting on fences or in the tree tops.
while others have only the shelter of
an open she'd and are obliged to sub
sist most of the year on such scatter
ing bits of food as they can find for
themselves. Many aman, because he
is obliged TO feed his hens through the
winter only enough to prevent starva-
tion. complains that the fowls are I'M
profitable, simply because they do not
lay eggs when prices are high. Now,
if these same hens had been properly
housed, and given a little extra care
and feed. they would become a paying
investment instead of useless expense.
Much of the food which was consumed
in keeping them warm could have been
utilized for egg production.
So delicate and nourishing an article
Of food as an egg is well worth all 1t
costs. 1t is just as easy to have hens
laying at any season of the year as to
have cows give milk. There is no
luck or chance about it. 1t is natural
for hens to produce eggs, and under
favorable circumstances they will lay
freely. 1t is reasonable to suppose
that all who keep hens want them to
lay well. How to get the most eggs
with the least trouble and expense is
the question pressing for answer.