The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09
WOMEN EARN MONEY
BY KEEPING POULTRY
Many Housewives Devote Spare
Time to Increasing Incomes
by Raising Chickens.
PURCHASE PULLETS FIRST
Greater Profits Can Be Made
With Egg Producers
at Start.
PURCHASE PULLETS FIRST
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ing to the burden OF the housewife to sug.
gest that she can probably keep and care
for a small flock OF hens. Yet "a have
seen II tried out u has Frequently seemed
to be n real help rather than a hindrsnce
There are added steps TO take. | know,
but In the taking OF them comes a now in
terest outside the kitchen that II helpful
The change from homework to the few
outdoor rounds needed to feed and care
for the hens seems to make the inside
work OF the home move along somewhat
more smoothly.
Too many women spend all their hours
indoors missing the mental and physical
help that the outer air and sunshine will
give. j know more than one woman who
states that her return TO health dates
from the time she began 10 work outside
with her poultry. one woman told me
three years ago that she had made 90 per
cent. profit during her nrst year with
poultry. and In that time had regained
her health. From a semi-invald she be-
came we'll and strong, full OF life and ac-
tivity.
! would not advise any woman TO start
poultry keeping unless she Ia willing to
adopt simple modern methods OF care and
| feeding. | would have her plan her poul-
! try work In way to Insure the most
profit from the least time spent.
There Is such difference in the quality
i OF nOms DlpuuCfu PkkS anu NON" rHlSfI
poultry as compared with what you or
/ dlnarily get at the store or market that
few folks go back to the purchased prod
uct after once testing the real thing.
Many boy and girl has become inter
ested in hens and chickens because Of
the start with the good mother In the
home. In fact the boy and girl are usu-
ally the helpers from the start. and they
make good ones. Children like live stock,
and no better can be had than the Leg
horn egg machines or the general purpose
kinds. as the Rhode Island Red. Wyan-
dotte or Plymouth Rock. Often the rear
ing OF the chickens becomes the work OF
the Youngsters OF the family. 1t all de-
ponds on the start and how the work ~
planned.
The size OF the flock depends upon
many factors, but would advise that It
be made UP of about fifty layers. Not
that | would urge making start Iith
that number. hut start with the idea OF
making ifty the limit of the flock. at
least until experience Is gained. You
might not have over ten layers next
autumn and winter. but In year or two
| would increase TO ffty laying females.
Fifty layers make a nice flock to ham
die That number OF fowls will run well
together. will At into the space usually to
be had in village or town lot, and can
be comfortably quartered in house
twelve by twenty feet IN size. They can
be watered from the same pail. fed from
one hopper and be handled "a single
unit, which slmplfes the daily care Fifty
hens will require hut little morn attention
than would half that number. while the
surplus eggs from the larger flock, the
excess beyond family requirements. Will
20 long way toward returning n nice
profit from the plant beyond operating
expenses.
would advise the beginner TO make tho
start by buying pullets that are near lay
ing maturity. IN fact. l believe that tho
busy housewife had better not attempt
chicken rearing for year or two. AZ
least on an extensive scale. would bend
all the efforts at first 10 getting table
eggs and LET the Matching and rearing
come later when the interest in this fas-
cinating work becomes too great 20 resist
tn" only thing that stands IN the way
OF buying fifty big pullets Is the cost
II does look large to put 20 much money
into the layers However. when YOU real
ize that you can sell these birds one year
later for nearly as much as you paN for
, them, the cost seems less than at irs'
thought. DO not let the price of nifty
mature pullets keep YOU from starting nj
all. II your pocketbools will allow tn,
purchase OF only a half-doZen pulLets, L.,
that he your number.
] urge the start with poultry, n start
now with ffty or less good layers PuI.
: lets Will cost more money than yea Rims
hens but are worth much more Tn
bullets should lay through the late faI
and winter months. tho season when til,
yearlng hens would be growing a new
coat OF feathers and are not producln,
= eggs. The pullets will have given yol
, several dozens Of eggs before the hen
, really get down to laying at all.
DO not let % cents per bird keep yo,
from buying the better ones. pule
that IL full grown Is worth twice that on,
4 that Is within n month or two of lay
ing The slow maturing. half grow
pullet may he three months getting read,
= 10 lay and even then prove unsatisfac
tory as long as she lives The price O
= pullets varies so much in different sec
I lions OF the country that 7 cannot stat
n fair price to pay. ! know tho prices ar
n higher than ten years ago but even n
A the present prices they return large
; proft than In my memory, because OF tn
increased value OF real fresh eggs
: II YOU purchase pullets and care onl,
: for the egg production of the flock yo
~ will find the single comb white I,eghorl
=, easiest to secure. The white Ieghorn In
l. taken on a new start the last three year
d and IL becoming common in town an
4 country. Tho large farms are not onl
raising their own pullets but have
' surplus to sell to village folks
X There IL the disadvantage OF the Leg
< horn females, as compared with thosa a
J. the larger breeds that they are not
,s good demand Tor dressed poultry, OWN
q to their light weight Before starting (
o. with the hocks' OF layers, before buyln
- your pullets. II will be we'll TO inGuIr
. as to the demand for yearlng hens 70
III table use. The Wyandottes and Rhod
y Island Reds have been making good rec
ut ords lately as big layers Mt the varlou
lr egg laying competitions and seem to Il
= better laying in severe winter weathe
10 when eggs sell for the highest price
"a This is not always true. since much d,
ponds on the breeding and sturdiness ,
- the stock. SO whatever you buy try
Il have It from the farm reared fiocks tina
% have had free range through the GROWN
~ period, When n hen is once fully mature
a. YOU can, If necessary. keep her cor
id stantly within four walls and still get
10 big egg yield, But she must he reare
- under free range conditions. good car,
- plenty OF food. I'm order TO stand the clio,
, confinement of the laying year. If va
l. raise your own Chicks limit the numb,
n to those that can he given all out of dooI
a, through the spring and summer month
The best house or pen Is square on
II you build now let II be a house that
= square Twenty by twenty feet s on III
:. safe side for size, though 7 know hous,
~ Of this size that arc holding 100 pawn
VI hens house twelve by twelve fc
e. would shelter nifty I.eghorn pullct
D. though should consider Il rather clos
quarters for that number In shut