Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-01-08
POULTRY PAYS ranN nnSr
And rno,ah rront J. Ieu over a.
iluy tirocerIcs Nmd Somc ~ tho
family clothlgi rraetleal essnpie
~ what Poultry viii DO.

~ what roultsy viii DO.
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a very few farmers realise how
much their poultry brings than N
the course of q yeaf unless the keep
books on tho hens. Mrs. nan Me-
Mary. living on a farm. five miies
north Of chanuts KAN. hept books
Tor the year eualng November 90.
and was very much surprised 20 see
that the CHICKENS had earned enough
income 20 pay tho ron, and provide
Frovcrics for the family. and then
have balance left for clothes.
The ron, Ia t2oo year The land
Ia not very prolific. especially durlng
a drouth. but makes fine range for
the hens. and provides some hay and
forage for the hogs and cattle she
writes
During the year We have sotf
s1faTs worth Of chickens We ala
not make n speciality of raising chicK
ems for market but sold OF only tho
surplus stock We raised In the ordiu-
AIRY course Of farming We received
ta05.O7 for the eggs For part 10
the mwc received five cents dozen
premium over tho market price for
Matching purposes. although We did
not have thoroughbred birds entirely
at the start That gave Us total
cash Income from the poultry Of
stf7s1
owe set abuot sl2 worth OF crgs
and consumed all tho eggs and poul
try we wanted. but no account was
kept OF these. We started with i5o
fowls and now have 225 hens. whicn
are much better quality for we only
hatobcd the eggs from the best hens.
Valued at 81 each the increase In
our flock Ia worth t75. but In reality
is worth at least $3.50, as we sold OF
the scrub stock during the year and
now all OF our hens are standard
bred Buff orplngtons.
we read about the advantage OF
feeding the sour milk 70 the baby
chicks and so we tried II but they
ate 80 much OF the sour milk was
tafrnid Il would make them sick 80
took them off the milk diet until
wrote to the editor OF the Rcpub-
lies poultry page TO find out how 10
give II 10 them. when ho advised
mo to give the mall the milk they
would eat shut off the pigs supply
and gave all the surplus sour skim
milk to the chickens and have new
or had so few die and have never had
such rapid growth with any flock.
81 do not know Just how much
; the feed bin would amount TO. IA
we raised the grain on the farm. but
for the most part the hens have had
the waste grain from the barn that
would not have been sold any way.
We give them plenty Of charcoal.
= oyster shell and grit. and the flock
, started into the winter into fine lay
ing conditions. and we have provid
ed a large scratching pen which is
= open toward the south. whore they
: keep busy hunting In the straw Tor
the grain.
while we have made more monev
from the flocks this year than We
ever made before we would not cred
II them with 30 much II we had not
kept an account OF the returns. AZ
2 ter paying the rent. which Is s2oo
we have money left with which 20
, buy all OF our groceries and probably
all OF our clothing for family OF
r three. The poultry has been a ~
nanclal life saver for us this year as
a the drouth cut down all the crops
A very seriously. st. Louis Republic