The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-19
Profit of s1.s1 Per Hen; Wire Grass
Experience.

In connection with the rapidly grow
ing industry of poultry and egg rails
ing in Georgia, the following expert
| ments have been reported TO Section
Director J. B. Marbury from farm
in south Georgia.
on this farm, in the wiregrass sec
( ton, the cost of conducting the poul-
try business was $1.O1 per hen. The
| net profit of the business was $1.S1
| per hen. The profit was really more
| than this for the food for the poultry
was raise don the farm, but was put
| down among the expenses at exactly
! the market price of food for poultry.
This also included the cost of improve
ments in the poultry buildings. and
| the purchase of many high priced
| settings of eggs for the purpose of i'm
| proving the breed.
| Mr.. MarbuffTy has given much
| tention to the raising of poultry. He
( said yesterday:
one of the reasons that Georgia has
! not received far greater revenue from
this part of the farm business is be-
eggs as unworthy of their notice. 1t
was left to the women folks who were
content for a long time to gather the
| eggs and let it go at that. In these
latter years the raising of poultry has
I been reduced to a science, and has en-
gagged some of he brightest minds
Chemists made analyses of the ingre-
dients of the egg. They learned that
! as a large portion of the egg was
water, fresh water was an absolute
requisite for the hen. The chemist
/ found that lime was needed in MAX
ing the shell. Lime was supplied to
the hen, and the best results follow
ed. Other experiments had similar re-
suits
For a long time it was believed that
hens would lay eggs only during GER
tain seasons of the year. 1t was found
that the coy and reluctant female car
ed not for any special season, but in
sisted on certain conditions of warmth
etc. When these conditions were sup
piled artificially, the hen acknowledged
} her appreciation Of the efforts in her
behalf by laying eggs the year round,
and made herself so much more valu-
able at the same time.
The annual output of eggs in this
| country is upward of 1900. 600, 900 doz-
ems and represents one of the very
largest revenues. The appropriation
has grown from some 5000 dozen to
1872, to over 100000 dozen in 1900.
Since that time. the number has di-
unfinished. This may be on account of
the better market at home Most of
the exports We're to Great Britain. In
Greater New York statistics show that
| the daily consumption is rs. or about
| three-quarters of an egg per soul,
meaning millions of eggs for New
York each day alone. In the 1899 sta
/ tistics. eggs and poultry We're next in
value to cotton amounting to near.
$500, OOO. 900.
Russia is the largest producer of
eggs in the world. With the unsettled
condition of the government and the
excited condition Of the hen. owing
TO the frequent explosions of dynamite
bombs and palace changes. there will
probably be a great decrease over the
normal and thus afford a better ex-
porting market
Among the southern states. Texas
leads win 100000 chickens. Ten
nessee is second. Mississippi. Alabama
ana Georgia coming along next. With
the rapid increase in Georgia, she will
probably move up two or three posi-
tons. for better conditions for this
industry can not be found in the
country, if they can be equaled. Sta
tistics for the last year viii not he
known for some time-but when it is
l feel sure Georgia win show a won
derful increase. which will stimulate
farmers to still greater efforts."-At-
lanta Constitution.
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