The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17
Copyright. 1915.

Many schoolboys are making spending
 morey by keeping poultry, and almost any student can add to his income in this way In this article Professor Lewis tells
 the actual experiences of two boys who
 in one year got os for the eggs pro
 duced by IS bullets.
 Asher Allison and his brother Henry
 wanted to earn money of their own. so last year they proposed to their father
 that he help them to start keeping poul- try He agreed and the boys, one Is and
 the other 12 years old, went to work with
 will and under the guidance of their father and with the help of many cir culars and bulletins which they received from the New Jersey experiment stations, they made their work marked success. The following facts pertaining to their | management and results may be helpful | to others who are about to start keeping poultry.
 | It was about the middle of July, 1914, that Asher made small plan of the poul- try house which he wanted to build and sent it to the experiment station for sug- gestions. The plan was looked over and | a list of the material needed in building it was forwarded. together with few minor criticisms.
 The lumber was bought from a local | lumber dealer at a cost of $l4 and the | boys built a small shed roof house feet wide and 10 feet deep. They put large | muslin curtain in the center and glass | sash In the west end of the house, to let | in sunlight and to give plenty of fresh air The house was built on posts the | floor being two feet above the ground. A small yard 10 by 20 feet was built of or dinary poultry netting at small cost. The
 area inclosed was a fine/ green grass sward, which gave the birds lots of green | food.
 Upon the completion of the house tho | boys visited farmer, about mile from the small city where they lived, and after | explaining their plan, bought from him | IS Barred Plymouth Rock bullets, which were nearly mature, at a cost of 70 cents each These were placed in the house | on July 25, and on August the boys be- | gan to keep an accurate record of what 1 they fed to the birds and the eggs laid. Method of Feeding | The feeding practice which the boys used consisted of keeping before the birds at all times dry mash and giving in ad- dition small amount of grain in litter
 every morning and night. commercial
 dry mash hopper was purchased and ra-
 tion containing equal parts of wheat bran, l
 and gluten meal. together with 10 per cent
 of meat scraps, was placed in the hopper. l This ration the boys bought ready mixed | from a local grain dealer.
 Ir the morning about o'clock the birds
 were given about 11a pounds of wheat, and
 usually about o'clock, as soon as school l was over, ? to pounds of q mixture of | half wheat and half corn was scattered In | the litter of straw and leaves, which was | always kept thick and coarse over the en- | tire floor.
 Plenty of clean water was kept before | the birds and they were fed all the green | grass and sprouted oats that they would | clean up quickly. Scraps from the table | were fed also, and made 1t possible to | cut down at times on the grains | Asher kept the records and handled the | accounts while Henry collected the eggs l and made most of the deliveries to GUS | toners. Both boys attended to the feed | ing and the care of the yard and house. l All the eggs which were used by tho fam l fly were paid for at regular store prices. Considerable trade was built up in the immediate neghborhood as the commun- | ity knew of the boys project and was
 eager to get first-cass eggs, strictly fresh, | at a most reasonable price.
 Record of Years Egg Yield | The outlets were well bred birds. strong | and vigorous so that they responded well | to the good care and attention which were always given them. The daily record was kept carefully together With the selling | price and the cost of all material pur- chased. The following Is the monthly egg record as sent to me by these amateur 1 chicken men:
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