Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-10

Meanwhile they need our assistance. In
a measure we are pledged to help them
Food products will help most of all.
Thus It will be seen there Is still ur-
gent naed for liberty fiocks in the back
yards and on the farms. Perhaps we
should change the phrase to victory
Hooks. We need more and more poultry
We need as much as we can possibly pro
duce. We especially need farm poultry
and backyard flocks. because they are
the most economical sources of produc-
ton. They yield more than so per cent
Of our supplies. The farm hen is the
mainstay OF the billion dollar poultry in
dustry She is a regular dividend payer
too, one Of the best assets on the farm
inasmuch as the cost Of maintaining her
is negligible.
BACKYARD HEN FAVORED
The backyard hen occupies similar
advantageous position In relation to costs
of production. Though the value of the
product from each flock is small OF It.
self, in the aggregate it is large. It is
particularly noteworthy because back.
yard products are largely salvaged from
In every bouseho,d M rot,ar ,ou
thrifty the housewife, there Is sure tc
be a certain amount of foodstuffs-table
scrana and k,tcbon v-,ste-w,,,ch Az
their way into the garbage pail and be-
come in most instances a total loss. One
cannot maintain a piggery in the back.
yard: one cannot reduce the garbage tc
chemicals. tbero 10 M UNIV 70 nroy.,,
tho wastage axcent nv foedire such LOO,
overs IN a sno.u aocL ~ Mans
Maize M n,istoLo q. 20 tho -..a,,,
value NJ table scrans. staIa hread odds
and ends of meat carea,s tr,n,ujnee
fron, yogs+.h,es s,,ch a. o.,.r,, tors
beet tons tho oufer Ieavea ~ Iett,,ca ana
cabbage sour m,Ik and other Ieft .overo
,ra l., No COWS. rofr.o IT,, r,,l,o a.
c,,sa ration. for fouls rhe,r ,u,ri,,,,e
value bas mt heen roducod .;r,rIy n. .
cause thov M longe, annaai 10 tha hi.
man taste On tho controry 70 ped :,
. sweet CONDITION that ia "a sav besors
the scrans star, n sour or decay they
mako excellent food for nou,trv nart,cu.
larlv as thew nrovIde a wide variety n,
nutritive elements 81 essential "a eps
production
,,,o ,, a,
no taran not % o,arstoor 49, svo,,ohIs
snace Retter results ara oh,a,ned from
a few hens esnsc,a,I, q M otto,nnts are
made ~ renrod,ct,or I-n,ess tbere 20 a
IN, IL the backyard onerat,on should con-
sist NJ more than two hens for each Nom.
her NJ tha far,i,,, Don.t Nv, - conarc,
tore II 10 ,,iaiv - nro,,a n,isorne ~
IiabiIitv mr. botb Tho hackvard eocl
is seldom, a nonev-mak;ng nronos,t,on
II is a mistake 70 regard q a. such. The
real object ~ tho ha crya-d eocl 10 IA
convert waste material ron, The Kitchen
into edih,o food IN no ,orr, - CO.'S In
addition the foc,, can he mad. a mas
tine ond hohh,,
II the beeinner adbares 70 ,,ese mi
mary ohiact,yss tharo ,s ,,,t,a o,ono.
Of disanno,ntment II 10 ono t,ins ~
keen chicLons IN oonen.n,.nt r,orai,, nc
LAYERS. this "a entirely nra ct,cah,e ond
co,,,n.r. tiye,v .i,n,,,a. b.. a. ~ r,,,..
other matter % rn.,a hread hstoh ond
80 -. ,,,h - 80. ~,
$50 80 ,,. w
.s.,,4s $50. 80. S-n.'
" HN I'VE 'oiN SoooHoANiiEe
The man who lives In the suburbs.
with lot 80 or 60 feet wide by 100 or
$50 deep has all the room necessary for
a mock OF chickens. He could safely at
tempt flock OF Is fowls. Unless he has
a large family to supply with eggs. how
ever. he would be better of with a flock
of from 10 to 10 hens.
A dozen hens IN their pullet year
should produce from 100 to $50 dozen
eggs. worth at least S65. Except during
the melting period Of the fall and early
winter. from three to four months. they
should yield regular supply each day.
BY the preservation OF surplus eggs laid
during the spring and early summer.
stored In water glass, this period OF
scarcity during the mott can be pro-
vded for very nicely. AS meat the hens
should provide approximately 90 pounds
Not only will the eggs and meat from
the home flock materially reduce the
cost of living as above. but the superior
quality of the homegrown products In
themselves are well worth the effort ex-
pehaeu.
Wv ~" oo'|N
ioNo
ooJec''ons are 'on'e.''hes r"'seu against
lHe heepiH6 VI pouitTy III toWHs anu