The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-05-01
CLOSES
Wednesday Night,
May 9, 1908
6 P. NJ.

asked for job, and was told: "All
right, you can so to the river and pull
out driftwood and when you sell 1t
you can have half the money" Only
in the case of the hens you get it all
| hope, however, if your hens do pro-
vide for their own wants in the man
ner outlined Nand the eggs are clear
gain that you will keep a one-sided
account in order to know how much
you are in debt to them. If you
haven't done 1t before let me persuade
you to begin at once.
If you will pardon me for relating
some of my experiences l will tell you
what my books show from last year.
I had during the year an average of
100 hens from which got 10000 eggs.
Matched over 500 chicks and raised
$40 The heavy loss was largely due
to coyotes which must have taken 100
or more and the cold rain in June was
responsible for almost the remainder
of it. l sold 140 of the surplus cock
erels for $685. and for the eggs re-
ceived $251.60, making the total re-
ceipts from the hens $30S.15 for the
year. The feed for hens cost $11748
and feed for raising the young chicks
including oil for incubators and brood
ers was 1881, making the total ex-
pense $206.29 which leaves net pro-
fit of $10186 plus 1870 young hens re-
tanned for layers which would bring
$3.50 If put on the market now. This
added to the cash profit from hens
equals S251.s6 or little better than
$3.50 per hen for the year In this call
culation I have given the hens credit
for all the eggs used for incubation
and culinary purposes at the prices I
should have been compelled to pay IL
I'd bought them. I did the same in
regard to the chickens used.
My breed, as some Of you know, Is
s. c. w. leghorns and when mated
up my breeding pens last spring Sc
lected by best layers and what / con-
slider the type Of hen that came near
est to the description in the STANDARD
Of Perfection" The two points had
in view were eggs and uniform size
and appearance. The results are that
my pullets with very few exceptions,
are of the same type as / selected for
their mothers only more uniform, and
they give promise Of excelling them as
layers, as my last years pullets began
laying when three weeks younger
than those did the year before. When
(, we do not keep these accounts we use
the money and forget to give the
credit due for 1t. Il have gone thus
into detail to pave the way for some
other things Tn going to say about
| leaks.
In the first place, If any of US still
keep mongrels or cross breeds we want
| to get rid of them and get some pure
| breed They are all good and no mat
ter whether it Is market eggs or meat
you wish to produce you can find one
| to suit you. After this Is done we want
| to weed out the drones or non layers
we all have more or less of them and
| they are what cut down our profit.
When I see the way eggs are select
| ed for Matching I wonder there are
! not more of them. When setting Is
| wanted search is instituted and II
eggs are not very plenty 1t may take
| all of every sort that can be mustered
| up, but If they are plenty they are
| sometimes sorted over and the best
! looking ones taken. This is good as
| far as 1t goes but 1t should have be-
| gan before the hens that laid the eggs
were Matched. What would you think
/, of farmer who raised all his heifer
! calves for the dairy without any re-
| gard as to whether their mothers were
| good mixers or not? You'd consider
| him a back number, and justly. too.
but 1t Is no more important that the
calrs mother should have been good
mixer than that your pullet's mother
should have been good layer. Like
mother. like daughter. In both cases.
! It IL only BY selection that wo may be