The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02

Simmer Work o. an Ulster County
farmers Wife Nets Her Couple
Of hnndtAd D5IIars . aealon.


months 81 Tie year she devote het
spare time 70 raistng brollers iot
marker Being q farmers ife. !
hays less Tine 10 give 70 chicken
railing during the summer she iex
pIaihsd tbithe reporter That y oii ne
reason Wy I mid selling ch clse y
moro pro1lable tllan raising q etli. \
"of coalse he egg would q stayl
bring 4 good price because my h ns y.
are ali tEeIedghbfeds, but then again
there would be the extra ttoahse Of
packing and shipping at the season
yhen the price of even the best eegn
is lowest. Brothers also bring less a.
this season3fllan at any other time In
the year trouble and time consid
eredSSf get more by Matching out my
eggs and selling the one day old
chicks.
siThe business itself Is very simple.
with. my hens furnishing the best
eggs there only remains putting them
in the incubators, keeping them at
Che right temperature. taking out the
chicks and packing and shipping
them:
sThere Is no food put in the ship
ping box nor is there any feeding be-
fore shipping. 1t is this fact that
makes the business possible and, |
might say, adds a little to the profits
"The chickens should be taken from
the incubator as soon as they are dry,
which will be a few hours after they
come out Of the she'll, and packed in
boxes about six inches deep, carefully
covered With layer Of burlap over
which Stats are fastened solas to pro
tect the chicks from injury Small.
holes should be bored in the boxes;
near the Top to secure sufficient ven.
tiiation and at the same time protect.
the chicks from all danger Of getting
chilled. 4 pack my chicks quite
closely, not only for the sake Of say
ing space, but also because they stand
less chance OF getting bruised and
viii Keep each other at the right tenn.
perature.
while have heard Of chicks be-
ing safely shipped more than a thou.
sand miles l have never sent any.
more than q couple of hundred miles.
Ny patrons are all families who move
into the country during the summer
and prefer 10 raise chickens for their
own table. There is not the slightest
doubt but chickens carefully raised
and fed at home make the. best eating.
have always advised people who
come into the country. for a few
months in the year to have chicken
runs, EVENT. small, and to raise their
own broilers
"Until one becomes accustomed to
it managing incubators Is quite a
science of itself asd cannot always be
learned In season. With good
breeder, which is never expensive,
and a chicken run as large as your lot
will permit there Is no reason why
almost anybody shouldn't have the
pleasure Of raising his own chickens.
with each box of chicks enclose
a little printed slip saying Just how
and when theye should be fed and.
watered ut first. After that all that
is required Is good food, clean water
and enough, ground space 10 peck
gravel and stretch their growing
limbs. OF course it is better IL they
can have a grass plot, but that can be
omitted II fresh vegetables are furn,
ished several times week.
~ have several customers who as
sure me they never buy food for their
chicks, but feed them entirely on
scraps from the table and plckings
from the uncooked vegetables On
the other hand, there are others who
feed their chicks entirely on certain
foods with the idea Of having par
ticular flavor The difference lies in
the people and not in the chicks; one
person prefers to make trouble and
the other wants to save 1t.
my season begins the second week
in. April and lasts until the middle of
August Chlckg bought in April Will
be ready for the table In June, and
those bought in August are for use
during the last weeks for the iamily's
stay in the country, Or perhaps, as is
sometimes the case, they are Kept and.
killed, being shipped into town as re.
quired. People tell me It Is pretty
hard to get back to using dressed
chickens after having become accus'
toned to chickens of their own rails.
ing. and for that reason they like to
have few left over to keep the
taste in their mouths as long rs pos
sible.
IAN my orders are booked before
the season opens; That Is necessary
for an intelligent management Of my
business. otcourse l could and do
often, have afew chicks left over, but
never enough to fill IN extra order.
"The leftoyers grow up here about
the place and as rule became the
property OF my two small children.
They claim them and sell them to me