Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-26
Farmers Short Course.
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| Farmers Short Course.
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white leghorns" but the eggs cost SC
apiece and it would take 200 to fill
our incubator, that would cost $40 for
one incubator full of eggs. We would
want to set three times, that would
take 600 eggs or $50; $50 put in eggs
without knowing whether we would
ever get anything out of it looked
pretty big, but fortunately we decid-
ed on the Single comb white leg.
horns" Set our incubator the first
time on Feb. 20. hatched 157 fine
healthy chicks Mar. a1. Set the sec
ond time Mar. 20 and Matched I6S
chicks the 18th of April. Set the
third time and hatched 162 chicks.
Making a total of 487 chicks. They
grew fine, very few died, but quite a
few became the prey of stray cats.
At the age OF nine weeks the hrst
hatch was large enough to sell for
fries. On June sth we sold Sc fries,
which brought $500. On the 18TH
of Tuly sold 81 fries for SOLO. On
Aug. 9TH sold so fries for SIS, max
ing a total of Ssa7o for fries sold to
say nothing of those that were eat
| en- and that was quite a good many.
| The feed expense up to this time was
S3S.2o. The fries sold raised all the
pullets fries eaten and sold and
SI4So besides.
There was then quite period with
no income and all was expense, but
at the same time the pullcts were
growing and developing and getting
ready to pay us back for all we had
done for them. They began laying
the first of October. by the middle OF
the month they were laying 20 eggs
day. Then they were neglected for
few days and dropped back to I
egg n day. For beginners this was
verv discSuraging. We gathered dur
ing the month of Oct 4ss eggs or
37E dozen market price 80 doz.-
STIs5 for month OF Oct.
During the month oil Nov. we
gathered 90 eggs or SI-l market
price. 20 doz.-S32.55.
During the month of Dec. We
gathered 1898 eggs or 1910 eggs,
marEct price 45c doz.-S7c.7o.
During the month OF Jan. we gath
cred 300 or 2IS doz., 10 eggs. Av-
eraEc nricc during month near 35c
doz.-S76 The feed expense was sig.
making 4 total OF 500 clear money in
the month OF Jan.
eragc OF 1873 eggs per hen, or an av-
erlgr OF S3.2 eggs Il day, or received
.,6c per hen. The feed expense per
hen was about nc. making total
OF .SSISc clear money on each hen.
The alfalfa and milk are not included
in this amount and costs practically
nothing as We arc living on a farm
and what the chickens get woulu
mostly be wasted. We also have 4
green bone cutter attached to gas
Olinc engine. 50 grind our own bone.
II costs uS Hc ID. This is quite a
saving ls the ready cut bone costs SC
lb. realize We are under moro
favorable circumstances than many
OF our city friends, but there are
rood profits under those circum-
stances ii properly cared for.
| will TOW make sum total OF all
expense and return up to Feb. I.
Feed expense SiIs.oS. hatchino eggs
$50. SIISoS. Received for eggs
$40, 20. They have paid for hatch
raising and S7z.S2 besides. having I6s
fine pullcts. They have only been
lawn" four months and during those
months most hens have had very
few ii anv eggs. We have before us
rht laviny months with no cNcpnsc
only about SI2 month for feed. Hav-
ing not had any previous experience
in the business cannot estimate how
much they will make Have had cx-
pericncc enough however. to know
there is big profit in good poultry
with right care.
II any one has a flock of mongrcl
chickens that are not bringing anv
-roft. and il is impossible for them
TO compete with the thoroughbrcds.
the best and Quickest wav is to sell
every one OF them aud get eggs or
chicks OF some one "ho has good
stock bred to Law. One thing to re-
member in this con.I,ry where feed
is high-thc money is in eggs and no:
in voUng chicfcns. and that laruc
chicken will eat ~ more feed. la-
less eggs THAR the smaller varieties.
In order to have success in anv busi-
ness We must be in love with our
WORK. No one can be in low" with 4
.-rubiv. all colorcd set of chickens
wv 4 flock of thorougiibrcds. almost
anv va-iet". will aftract the attention
and admiration Of all For illrstra
tion our chicks when Iuitc small had
= large alf7lfa field for range. White
-hicks would be all over that green
field ard mad: 4 very pretty picture.
so r'-uch that MANY Dcorlr in dr;v-
'1p nv would stand II, in their hrr-
gics to get better view of them.
And rnw il is picture to omen the
nests and see them full of eggs and
pu'lctS auv tiric during the tav.
In figuring the cost of starting in
'hcrorChbrcd poultry do not fail TO
figure the profits and pleasure of n
good and pretty flock all of one col
or. which will give all who see them
the hen fever.
w. c. T. u. Totes
Ire rneeiing will be this FridaY Feb