Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-14
The Money Making Hen.

The Money Making Hen.
Most every thing in this life is looked
at from a money making point OF view.
Especially is this so with the poultry
business. Every person, AS a rule.
takes up poultry raising for the purpose
of making ONE quick and easy money.
They seem to think that less energy
and less business tact is required t.
gather in the sheckels from this industry
than any other extent. A bigger mis-.
take was never made, for the very re-
verse is true of this business There IL
nothing in which every little detail
counts for as much as it does in the
poultry business. To make it paw every
thing must I've made to count on the
profit side.
One Of the greatest factors toward
success is to have every individual in the
poultry yard add something n, often as
possible to the saving account. Almost
every hour in the day they add to the ex.
pense account, and if they fail to adj
something at least each day to the other
side they prove a loss to their keeper.
Now, how many can count some gain
from each hen every day of the :bj days
Of the year, How many have hens That
lay 300 eggs each per year, or even 200.
Very few. l can assure you. Just think OF
it, the majority lay less than 20 per year.
Now whose fault is this; and is there any
money in this kind of poultry farminge
II is easy to see that expense is an every
day thing, and if there is not an income
to balance same there is a loss.
How is this to he ~reinedied' We think
by keeping the right kind of chickens
and caring for them properly. There is
a great deal said about the 800 egg hen.
If we all had her we could make some
money. provided we cared for her IN the
proper manner. Many contend that TIE
hen could never he produced that would
lay JOo eggs in the 3o5 days Of the year.
AS impossible as this accomplishment
may seem, there have been a few whick
have almost, If not quite, produced that
number OF eggs III twelve months, so
says a writer in Journal OF Agriculture.
He says that the latest bird TO ac-
complish such a record is a White
Wyandotte pullet, owned bv a gentleman
in New Jersey. She was only 81
months old when she laid her first egg,
and in the year which followed she pro.
duced 28l eggs, 10 less than 300. She Is
in shape what they call the ideal egg
type, by successful breeders of laying
strains Of poultry. Her back is nearly
level, she stands in a squatting position
and does not carry her head very far
back over her back. ] give this dis
cription of the ideal egg type for the
benefit Of those who desire to build UP a
flock Of paying layers.
This man says that a heavy production
of eggs 10 the result of thnse essentials:
First, breed. You must select one of the
recognized egg-laying breeds If you hope
to raise a strain Of heavy layers Second,
individuals. You must save the eggs
from the best shaped layers Of your hock
and set only those eggs, if you hope to
produce a family of heavy layers. Third,
feed. You can not hope to make your
hens produce a large number Of eggs If
you give them feed which contain but a
very little Of egg producing material in
them. Corn and water will not 20 very
far towards encouraging a production Of
800 eggs per year. Here is where you
must look after details. Proper feed.
water, comfortable and congenial
quarters must he provided and main
tanned. Several years CO., a record of
2p2 eggs was made by a Silver Laced
Wyandotte pullet, which was only six
months old when she began to lay; and
consequently, only Is months old when
she finished her remarkable record. II
is claimed that sereral other hens have
exceeded these records, hut 50 far as
known, they were Older than these
breeds.
1t seems remarkable that these two
records should be made by Wyandott~s,
vet they are noted for all-around. year
layers. and have always been in the
first ranks in all the worlds great egg
laying contests, and We predict that they
will continue to nc among the foremost
egg producers in AZ time to come, We
thi' X II is tn them we must look for the
800 egg hen. the sure money maker Of
the lSu,t,S 'nau. KAANK,,