The Republican journal., 1903-03-05
Egg Production.
.+ Shore Poultry Farm, Belfast,
bs Maine.

last shore or BolIaSC bay is
N u tbe East Shore Poultry Farm,
.ateI '.i l.. Strout, proprietor. An
+ Fs@.gtion. sloping directly to the
sa lo' its nearness to the shores of
oh a, makes the drainage perfect.
& OK mo- that Mr.. StrOut was one OF
ha'" ,"s successful poultrymen in n.
I iiIo> ,iter in company with his bet
.'t "a act as stenographer, by APP
l'1 visited this farm Jan. las
pI~a'a lmuary day as ever seen.
fe', approached the farm, which
IS " at about fifty acres, six acres
ass'', .r4 dotted with large, medium
VI. .,nJ small buildings, each one
I'd n ~' alone, and near the center, on
iH1 h[Ls front, is located the office,
',.y Incubator room, ETC., the whole
i l..5 pretty picture. And yet as
'A j-'-,s M to the office door we could
l a., have been warranted in declar-
0i., WAS poultry farm, the usual
Hive .., features, like yards, or fowls
''Il,, r around out doors, being entire
A.. A. .agIt who for years was one OF
,-,4.t and most successful manu-
.lr Of bricks, turned his atten-
W.. .. md more to poultry for some
d -.i, and then deciding to engage
.,' su-,u.ss exclusively has devoted
.,Ir- time to the production OF
...5[r we'll read, a man who
~. 1olgaiIal lines for himself, we
Y. surprised to find that his
.,... .t'ered in many respects very
,.... tWm the course laid down by
'''r HAAS Who never saw hen except
.t.t-oi tricassee.
.-'.'...ue TO us a cordial welcome,
-,....1 ls into his office, which is in
..,, story and commands a fine
all thp surrounding buildings
beautiful bay but a few rods
.. u-fure us a generous supply
... ...r- ked apples and new cider,
ay New England can supply,
.- l,ed and ready for the inter
~ Is the average number of
.. aVps
U.u uudred.
what age do you keep them?
+ ....u uuu obtain new stock?
la. Years. raise 500 chickens
..r Which gives me about 250
bis usl replace $50 hens which l
. --pG TO market. The hens
r..-. to pay for raising the pull
u .ayiug age. The ROSTERS
st euough-at the present
-&ii-to pay for the cost OF
S.. Ia- proper size for market.
Ns. what kind of hens did you
E, {r6 what breed OF strain are
MH -epiug:
-tarjtd with the lightweight
.9Nuas: later | added some
.m. Rocks. Bat some three years
-.durpd pure bred White Wyan-
.5..y and have continued to use
n exclusively since. As a result
...a4efl0m three-fourths to seven
-+ N,andotte. mixed with Bra ma
I.rpath Rock, | have no Leg
il Mo5d whatever, as the parties who
p uy eggs desire them of good size,
..5 rr.,eut dock produces medium
& L. very largely of brown color.
Ua0 often do you feed them?
g0a, kind and quantity of food?
F4rv in the morning | feed
aa A. You will see when we visit
.ursos / keep about thirty i'll a
i W.'. large amount of straw on
-ya give to each hock one quart,
Wgg distributed among this
.a Vt in o'clock a. NJ. | mix for
ans oup pail of cut clover, one pail
8-s that nave been boiled, two pals
lArl iced" wheat bran and mlddl-
-mul logPtherl, two pals crack
Wl tunr quarts of animal or meat
DONE hot water over the cut
'oe 8lj let it steam a While, then
MGg mix with the other ingredi-
- ll- makes the whole mass damp
- te corn used in the mash is
.. . hat falls through screen.
mA uy boiIing-the coarse part
..-..u use for feed at night. At
-g-ug them time to eat before
BIZ one and one half quarts OF
a -n TO each flock of thirty,
I tiIp litter. These are the
'uuS all the year around, eX-
f sometimes | omit the cut
ro substitute cooked turnips or
VERSAILLES. Occasionally | also
e- or other vegetables in two,
.r-u. -ntm on nail in the wall for
0 p. it at pleasure. | never do
uHNey-r in freezing weather.
Zoo You feed cut bone, or bone in
ue uot. | have a bone cutter,
THE results obtained from feeding
.e ooes not pay for the expenditure
lo,-- required to operate it.
l0 you feed grit or shell? Ii so,
atNad.
a-ep White flint grit and crush
0gsJe shells before them all the
" fought a crusher and at one
VI crushed my own grit, but can buy
cheaper than | can crush it in the
aI quantities required.
4 DO You keep your hens in confine-
'. and use scratching sheds? Or do
allow them TO roam freely?
d / keep them confined in the build
every day in the year. You will see
ooslug out of the window eight
Allgs, l6x24, with walls under caves
r high, double pitch roof rising but
Htenter which makes the building
.l. tle ends being "a it., the sides
il The Whole building is made of
.''ed boards, one thickness, covered
VS. and walls with Neponset roofing
V' VIII have to be renewed on the
IS about once in five years.
W. the south end door opens to
Us through the centre about tt.
' making two rooms about 10 X Is tt.
f 'all on either side of both consists
ID. lglt Stats about 3 in. wide, set
''1 ~ IN. apart. Running the en-
.ugtl of the walk, close up to this
" .o4t runs a light board trough
'. tA be easily turned over to clean.
",S trough the 10 o'clock meal is