Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
A Beginning in Poultry
Questions of Importance by Sedd News

profit that there is in it. you must ar
range to meet the requirements of
your trade. If they demand white
shell egg you must use the fowl that
lays such an egg, and vice versa. This
you VIII find easy OF accomplishment,
as all the Mediterranean class os
fowls lay Il white .shelled egg, and the
brown or tinted shell. Though #
you are after eggs Tor market you
cannot afford to pin your faith to the
AslaticS
You will find strictly fresh eggs
always in demand at profitable prices.
II has been fully demonstrated that
eggs can be produced FOR 1O cents
per dozen and all the feed bought.
The average price ioI eggs for the
| past several years has not fallen be
| low IS cents wholesale, thus there is
given you a good margin of profit
To succeed in the egg business you
! laust have in your pens the laying
hen The hen that has been so bred
| that she converts her food into eggs
| and not into adlpose tissue. The mat
| ter of location and market being set
tied, we come to the
Proper Marketing Of Eggs.
in every village and town can be
found those who are willing to pay
| several cents above the market price
| for absolutely fresh eggs. To these
people you can appeal, or solicit their
| trade. and while it will necessitate
perseverance on your part, 1t will es-
| tablish for you private trade, cut
| ting out the middleman's profit.
Where the egg output is not too large
for the local demand. we would ad-
| vOcate this method of disposing of the
| output. Another good plan is to get
| some first-class grocer to take all
your eggs at stipulated price and
you guarantee their freshness. Now
| make your package attractive. Put
them in one and two dozen cartons
| and have printed on each carton
STRICTLY FRESH EGGS
| Packed Expressly for Family Use.
------- Egg Farm.
| one of the greatest secrets of q sue
| cessful egg farm is to live absolutely
up to your guarantee and thus estab-
| lish a. reputation with the buying
public that Will be the source of much
profit to you in the business.
DO not furnish your patrons with
| eggs whose flavor is tainted by the
refuse from the carriage heap or
| from the barnyard waste. Feed your
fowls so that the egg may have that
rich yellow yolk and flavor as OF
new-mown hay, so relished by all
| lovers of the fruit of the hen. Your
intelligence will tell you whether you
wish to enter the field for market
eggs. It's an attractive and profitable
| field.
BrOilcrs.
| The rearing of broilers has had
had manv advocates. Py broilers we
mean chickens that weigh from
three-quartcrs to one pound. Ham
mOnton. N. j., has been known as the
greatest broiler- producing section OF
the country, but many who entered
this branch of the business have
either abandoned it or combined
with it other features of the industry
The best classes of restaurants and
the leading hotels demand these
chicks at all seasons. though the best
prices are paid in the late winter
months or very early spring.
| If you are going to enter this bus
mess you must have 4 quick k-growing
fowl and one that carries an abun-
dance of breast meat This fowl Is
found among both the American and
the English class. Some claim that
the Wyandottes are best, but one can
not go amiss in selecting any of the