The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-12
START HENNERY
and MAKE MONEY
Method by Which 1t Is Shown, the
Egg Problem May Be Large
ly Solved.
UTILIZE WASTE OF KITCHEN
Ten Fowls in a Small Yard Will Be a
Paying Proposition-Need Not Be-
come a Nuisance to the
Neighbors.

Every family which has even a small
itself with eggs and producing some
poultry which will lessen its draft on
the nations meat supply. Even in a
small back yard, with the aid of a few
hens, much of the kitchen garbage can
be manufactured into food instead of
being wasted at a time when there
must be no waste of anything that can
be made edible. Keeping chickens
even on a small scale can be made a
pleasant, worthwhile recreation, par
ticularly interesting to a child old
enough to assume responsibility.
This article is the first of q series
of simple, practical instructions on
keeping poultry on a small scale. The
series is designed primarily to help
beginners start their flOcks, but should
convey valuable information to those
who have had experience or who keep
poultry on a suburban or larger scale.
The facts are those gathered by the
governments poultry specialists on the
department agricultural's poultry farm
at Beltsville, Md, and from the thou
sands of private poultry yards which
they have visited and studied. These
specialists will be glad to send bulle-
tins or furnish advice to those inter-
ested in producing more eggs and
chicken meat during the emergency.
Should | Keep Hens in My Back Yard2
Keeping small flocks of hens in a
village or city back yard has proved
successful. 1t is an important branch
of the poultry industry. Though the
value of the product from each flock Is
small in itself, the aggregate is large.
The product of such u flock both in the
form of eggs, and fowls for the table,
may be made at a relatively low cost
because of the possibility of utilizing
table scraps and kitchen waste which
would otherwise be thrown away. A
small. flock of hens, even as few as six
or eight, should produce eggs enough,
where used economically, for a family
of four or five persons throughout the
entire year, except during the melting
period and fall and early winter. By
preserving surplus eggs produced dur
ing spring and early summer this pc
riOd of scarcity can be provided for.
Keeping pullets instead of hens also
will insure production of eggs at this
time. Not only will the eggs from the
home flock materially reduce the cost
of living, but their superior freshness
and quality are in themselves we'll
worth the effort expended. The need
for an extension of poultry raising Is
particularly great in those sections
where the consumption of poultry prod
ucts exceeds the production, with the
result that prices are high.
An Odorless, CrowIess Flock.
Objection frequently is raised to the
keeping of poultry In towns and cities
because of the odor which may result
and also because of the noise made by
roosters Growing, particularly early in
the morning. In some cities regula-
lions have been formulated to prevent
or control poultry keeping. Where
there are such regulations 1t will be
necessary for the beginner to find out
their provisions and to conform to
them. The poultry flock need not be-
come a nuisance to the neighbors. If
the dropping boards are cleaned daily
and If the houses and yards are kept
IN a reasonably clean condition there
will be no annoying odors,
The male bird need not be a NUS
ance. Unless 1t Is intended to hatch