The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-10
0 $IUV ECN T S
 Labor Income

best indication of. economic feeding. Those farms receiving more than
 $500 for every $100 feed cost made
 an average labor income of $174s,
 while those farms receiving less than $150 per Sf00 feed cost show an av- craze loss of s16s. ag The above figures were taken in normal times. Now under the pres sure of war conditions with grain prices very much increased the need of economic feeding is more urgent than ever before. While it is doubt [fnl If receipts under present condi-
 tionsI they, can. with the increased price of eggs. be at least maintained
 and there is no reason why the poor
 farms should not be equal to the best.
 Means of Reducing Feed Costs
 1. Home Grown Feed. The aver
 age poultryman is paying out AS per cent of all his expenses for feed. This |is an inexcusable condition for Con- necticut. It is safe to predict that the poultryman who stays in the busi-
 ness and makes the most money dur ing the next two or three years will
 be the man who grows the most grain. Corn is. yof course, the king of all crops for the poultryman with
 
 a crop which should be grown more than it is and it is not too late. to SOW | it this season. Mangels are the best crop for green food. Tn the past the poultryman growing the largest acre. age of poultry crops made the most money. Home grown grain utilizes fertility, evens up labor and reduces expenses. Grow more grain. It pays. Poultry Crop Acres to Labor Income Average |No. of Poultry Crop Labor Farms Acres Income Il to 10 $13f3 IS 1 to 4 6s5 13 less than 4S7 3. Cooperative Buying. If there was ever a time in the history of the poultry industry when cooperative buying was needed it is now. A care | ful buyer with available capital could watch the wholesale market and buy in carload lots with a saving to the poultryman of many times the ex- pense involved. Under normal con ditions there is a particular season of
 the year when each kind of feed can
 be purchased most reasonabIy,r which is of course the time to buy a years supply. While the present market is 1 yey unstable such rules are a very good basis to work on. For instance, in accordance with previous years records Brand and Middiings have | just passed the lowest joint they will probably see for several months. Corn prices are prohibifive just at pres ent. No. 1 wheat is out of reach but there are good grades of burnt and frosted wheat which are worth while. Oats are high just at present but still a comparatively cheap feed. Favor able oat crop reports promise a lower price in the future. A careful study of the market and wholesale buying
 will yield liberal returns for the time spent. A 8. Culling As mentioned on Article l 1, culling is a war measure which no pou1tryman can afforo to overlook at this time Disposing of male birds which are no longer needed and culI- l ing out all unprofitable layers will increase receipts per s10o feed cost and it is immediately effective. Gull i ing may begin the latter part of June and continue until fall when the best layers will be automatically selected for breeders. For those not familiar
 with selecting low producers from ex- l terna1 characteristics the Poultry De- partment stands ready to give dem onstrations wherever a few men are Interested.
 ROY E. JONES,
 Extension PouItryman.