The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-12

tOW tO oCS o ANtt PhVpCAty danger of the eggs chilling, but if they
 do not go back in half an hour in ordi-
 nary weather, they should be put on the i nest. The eggs and nests should be amined and cleaned. Remove all broken | eggs and wash those that are soiled | lightly. In the latter case the soiled nest ! ing material should be removed and clean
 straw added. Nests containing broken 1 eggs that the hen is allowed to sit on
 soon become infested with mites and lice,
 which cause the hens to become uneasy
 and leave the nest, often causing the los
 of valuable sttings of eggs. 1 Chickens which lay so politically that ] they pay in short time for their original ! cost and their fed are the kind of which
 all suburbanites dream. s. B. Horton or Washington, D. C., has flock of them 1 in his back yard.
 i On May 1. 1919, Ma Horton bought 15 | 2-day-old White Leghorn chicks. The baby chicks were brooded with jars filled with hot water until they were old enogh [ to be put in an outside cop. Later | 6 by S-foot house was built for them
 with an outside yard only feet square | Seven of these were bullets, which be-
 gan laying on October 22 when they were less than months old. Their laying rec | ord for November was 115 eggs, and for December 137 eggs, total of 252 eggs for the two months, or an average of 36 eggs
 bullet for the two-month period. In all probability they would have made a record of 150 eggs in December but for the cold wave during the latter part of the month.
 Crediting the birds with eggs at the market price of 90 cents a dozen ,they were $1 part of the time) for the period, they had paid for their original cost and all feed by December b. In figuring the fota If bo ho of fhP
 seven other chicks raised, which were cockerels, was figured, and allowance was made for their marketsvalue when slaugh- tered. From now on the upkeep of this flosk will be small compared with the rev
 enue.
 l The bullets were fed scratch feed morn 1 ing and night, with a dry mash made of 1 equal parts of middlings, bran, cornmeal | and meat scrap, before them all the time i This ration is one used and advocated by 1 the department of agriculture. Nearly every day they were given a. little green stuff such as cabbage or sprouted oats, as welFas table scraps and grit and oys- l ter she'll
 Keep the hens confined to your own land.
 Don't keep a male bird. Hens lay just as well without a male. Don't overstock your yard. Purchase Wel-matured outlets rather th han hens.
 Don't expect great success in matching and raising chicks unless you have had some experience and have a grass plot separate from the yard for the hens. Build a cheap house or shelter. Make the house dry and free from
 drafts, but allow for ventilation.
 Fowls stand cold better than damp ness.
 Keep house and yard clean. Provide roosts and dropping boards.
 Provide a nest for each four or five
 hens.
 Grow some green crop in the yard. Spade up the yard frequently.
 Feed table scraps and kitchen waste.
 Feed grain once day. Feed dry mash.
 Keep hens free from lice and the house
 from from mites. Xii and eat the hens in the summer and fall as they begin to mott and ccase' to lay.