The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-31

John tested these eggs every ten
} days, and before the three weeks
were up, was Obliged to throw three
away, two OF which had been brok-
en-. The hens set well and soon there
we're forty fine young chickens rum
ming round after their mothers, All
of these were pure white, and nice
land fat.
John fed these chickens twice
day. and as they had all possible
care. soon grew bigger. John never
grumbied about the extra work that
his chicken business had pat on his
hands when he thought NJ his sick
brother. IIs brother. Tom. had tus
bercuiar trouble. that being the rea-
son the Brown family came to New
Mexico. the land OF sunshine. HIS
father wns getting Interested I'm the
wonderful chickens John was rails
ing and often helped him take car"
of them.
II was near the latter part Of
September before the hens began 10
lay The first eg gwas n grtRt sur
prise To- the whole family. When
John found " IN his newly built nest
he ran into the house with Il nnl
showed Il to his mother. The whole
family said Tom should have g for
his breakfast.
The next morning the was
cooked and given 10 Tom. AFTER
%eating u he said ne felt much better
or course, this was just to make
John feel better; hut u did do him
more good than the stale store eggs
John. how much hnH Il cost YOU
to keep your chickens, 10 fur not
counting the expense of the cOopg"
We'll last night I figured out |
had paid nineteen dollars FOR my
feed and eleven dollars for my first
four hens. This makes thirty doll
lars. but YOU know / sold my settlers
TO the new farmer for two dollars
apiece. .hus bringing back eight
dollars. So, renlly, | have gained a
good deal. as YOU look at the value
OF the hens l am raising"
Yes, ! guess your thirty-six hens
viii all come up to laying twenty
eggs IN a month"
Yes, and now | can get q dollar
for twenty eggs. and 1 have thirty
siX hens, Let's see; that VIII make
thirty dollars a month. The feeding
OF a hen costs about twenty cents a
month, and that makes sever dol
lars n twenty cents TO 40 on. Sub
tracing seven dollars ana thir,y
cents from ~thiriy-siX dollars viii
leave twenty-eight dollars and eighty
cents net profit n month
John kept on tending to his chick
ems. and at the cnd OF February he
had one hundred and twelve dollars
and sixty cents saved up from his
chickens. John now spent some OI
his money for an incubator. lie
paid eight dollars for u, and u held
Three hundred eggs. John set three
hundred white ieghorn eggs and got
two hundred and twenty chickens
from them. lie traded one hundred
and fifty OF the white Leghorn eggs
- "a. Ns.Va..A .NrHF nVahaatu nRra
lie set these eggs In the incubator
and got seventy chickens. on
Toms request OF why he got these
light Brahma chickens he answered.
Il got them Tor breilers."
"Ah. / see where we are going 81
have some good meat, Also chuck
led Tom.
Yes. said John. while most ol
these hens will be sold to the meal
market aud sanitarium, yet we VII
have some To eat at home
"no these hens pay" asked Tom
yes. nearly as well as the 9TH
crs. II costs me one-half cent "A da,
Z to keep one. and after fourteen
weeks ! can get ten dollars oT mor'
a dozefH answered Johu-
Fourteen weeks" repeated Tom
: That would be ninety-eight days
and Onc-half cent "a day would ~
HNNH ~ 49, aNANN AANN
ty-fivc cents "A hen for a scliin.
, price; hat makes fo%rty-nine cent
Eain on each hen. There are seven
! ty chickens. hat makes thirty-fou.
dollars and thirty cents gain oi
those"
Toms calculation proved TO 10
\ correct, all but the hem va ate
ihore were only thirty dollars gain
on those. When they were kille,
they we're not old enough to Ia.
eggs. Johns profit for the who'll
year was ~ hundred "a thirty
four dollars and sixty cents. lie ais.
had forty leghoTn pullets n tive
hundred and fifteen baby chickens
five OF which died. This was includ
ink cost OF coop. etc.
Say. John. are you going 10 pu
any chickens in the fair they AR
going Ia have al Albuquerque? I sc'
"a the papers that they wanted y0l
TO-" said Tom.
II haven't had time Ia read the pa
pers lately. but ] sure viii IL l can.
You can, for 4; already asked da'
and he said sure. You better &c
them ready 20 take them In"
Jonn look then IN. and ON goin1
back the e day found n had woi
the first prize Of fifty dollars. JOIN
got fifty dollars worth OF feed an
went home feeling very proud. ina
deed. This money helped John Gu
immensely, for. as ne was raisin'
two hundred and fifteen iittll
chickens he needed It.
John noticed n chicken, espe
ciRlly, that was laying 80 man.
eggs. He drew his fathers atten
ton TO this, n he said he had no
ticcd that also. John asked hi
father n he could send this hen q
the national Z laying contest 81
father said. "YeB. but the best hen
in the world 10 there, and ~ won
do n good"
At the end of nine months John
hen had two hundred eggs TO he
credit. n was ahead. The whit
Plymouth Rock was a close sec0nt
with two hundred and seven eggs {
her credit but Johns hen finally go
d good lead, n kept ~. When tn
hen was sent back there was
check for five hundred dollars wit
b, first prize.
One evening when John was zig
uring out his gain. Tom came In AN
said, You have pretty nearl
enough money To 60 To college nov
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