El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-13

w PLY DON'T more people in E
M Paso raise chickens?
TT doesn't pay, feed is toe
high"
Possibly, yet a tour of a number of
POULTRY yards where modern method
IS gospel and careful mana gement the
rule revealed the interesting fact that
& number Of people are receiving ex-
cellent returns from their ventures up
on the uncertain sea of poultry cul-
ture
Last spring Leon Gemoets, of 1925
Fruita decided TO embark in the egg
business. Perhaps the neighbors
thought him a little foolish when he
laid $50 for a pen of five S. c. White
Leghorns and $500 apiece for other
hens Of the same variety for breeding
purposes. But Mr.. Gemoets kept his
counsel and worked ahead. He knew
that the cockerel of the high priced
zen was from a $40 eggs-a-year strain
and that the hens were of heavy laying
strains also; so he waited and hoped.
In Oct. the pullets which had been
hatched in May began to cackle and
today Mr.. Gemoets is getting from 9
70 10 dozen eggs a day from his ESQ
layers These he sells to private Gus
toners at so cents a doze> md when
the feed has been paid for, there is a
balance left over sufficient to keep the
family, feed two horses. and to pay in
q tidy sum on his house
Care of Chickens.
How are these results obtained? The
owner believes it is due to the perfect
system OF care and feeding he has
adopted Most of his layers are kept
IN two long houses go by IA feet each
Of which contains BOOSTING and
scratching compartments. These have
their southern exposures open in the
daytime; at night they are closed with
canvas fronts. The feeding is care
fully done. In the morning wheat and
cracked corn is scattered in the straw
litter OF the scratching sheds in order
10 make the pullets work for their
breakfast. Alfalfa scalded, which gives
the effect Of a green food so necessary
zn the wiptertime. is also fed and
hopper full Of mash made Of bran and
cOrnmea1, sifted from the cornchop
which furnishes the cracked corn, is
always free of access. During the day
q ration of beef scraps is added and in
the evening they are fed all the mash
that they viii clean UP. Grit, oyster
shells, and pure water are furnished
IN abundance. Mr. Gemoets's motto is
Get the eggs and he emphasizes the
fact that TO DO this the layers must
lie fed every bit that they will eat
Government Hill Chicken Farm.
Down town D. G. Heineman is real
estate agent; out at Government hill he
is an enthusiastic Buff Rock 7ancier.
It was about two years ago that he
entered the fancy poultry business and
row he has about 2o07 standard bred
chickens This week he has a number
Of big buff beauties, carefully washed
and primped up, TO be admired at the
Dallas Poultry show. The stock is kept
in runs and at night sleep IN open
sheds. ME Heineman states that he
has no roup among his fowls. His
methods of feeding do not differ great
" from those described before. except
that he uses green bone meal instead Of
beef scraps, but in place of incubators,
which Mr.. Gemoets depends upon for
Patching. he prefers the old fashioned
way. While a fancier primarily, he
Goes not despise the returns from eggs,
and at present he is getting from 8 TO
dozen a day from his 120 laying hens,
which pays a nice profit.
Nearby, at the home Of NJ Harper,
is a good example Of a small number OF
fowls well kept, yielding a fair return.
Here reside some 25 snowy white
beauties Of that most handsome Of all
varieties, the White Wyandotte. Mr.
Harper feeds beef scraps and gets
about 10 eggs a day.
Railroad Mans Chickens.
The chickens Of F. c. Johnson,
railroad man, are kept at the home Of
his brother C. P. Johnson, also in
Government Hi, and are tended by |