Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
A POULTRY PLANT
NEAR GEORGETOWN
A. c. Jones' Poultry Farm Special
ICES On Barred Rocks and Uses
Modern Business Methods.
5000 EGGS in MCUBATORS
Delivery Of Baby Chicks Will Com
mence Next Month And Con-
tinue for Several Weeks.

Representative of The Milford
Chronicle visited the Poultry Plant
owned and managed by A. c. Jones'
of near Georgetown, on Tuesday OF
this week and a careful inspection of
the farm was made through the cour-
tesy of Mr.. Jones. The farm contains
ninety acres, on which poultry runs
and the necessary equipment is To-
Gated, in addition to providing much
of the food necessary for the feeding
of the poultry. 1t is equipped with
two large incubator houses, brooder
houses for 5000 chicks, colony houses
where the older chicks are kept, and
large laying houses for over 2500
hens. Trap nests are used exclusively
at the farm, and a record is kept of
each hen.
MIR. Jones raises only Barred Rocks,
and many of his hens hold records
that are among the finest in the coun-
try. One of his hens, "The Queen of
Biddies," hold the worlds official
record for Barred Rock hens. She lay
ed 313 eggs in 365 days. Several others
of his laying hens hold official records
of 2S8 eggs, 267 eggs, and 251 eggs in
365 days. The Jones' poultry is exhib-
tied at all of the large fairs and poul-
try exhibits and the prizes awarded
them are very highly priced by the
owner. He holds several silver cups,
and ribbons won by his birds
in the past few years.
On Tuesday the writer was taken
through the laying houses by the own
er and each detail of the manner in
which the plant is conducted was full
ly explained. In each house large
charts, bearing the number of the
hens in that house are kept. The num-
ber of each hen on the nest and hav-
ing laid an egg is taken and the egg
to her record. There were
hens, or year old pullet,
which had laid practically every day
this month. In one house alone 1900
young pUllets which are now laying
are kept.
From the laying house the party
Visited the incubator houses. In these
places 5000 eggs are now in course of
incubation. One of the incubators
alone has a capacity of 5000 eggs.
Within the next few days the eggs
will commence to hatch, and the sight
hould be well worth seeing. Each in
'ubator is heated by a hotwater heat |
#, and the temperature is regulated
" a thermostat. From the incubator
louses the brooder houses were Wis
ted. These places have concrete |
Ioors and the hovers are heated by |
lot water pipes carefully placed un-
Ter the proper materials.
An interesting sidelight on the farm
vas large pen of bantams which are
ared for exclusively by his two small
h1ldren. The bantams looked fine
nd showed that the owner is careful
Y training the children to be of aid
the management of this growing
usiness in the very near future. A
en- of pheasants, from which it is
oped to propagate many more this
ear, is another interesting feature of
he farm.
While only Barred Rocks are grown
n the Jones' Farm, and no other
reed of chicken is raised, the owner
aises large flocks of turkeys from
rhich fancy prices are realized. He
pecializes in the selling of baby
hicks. The farm is model, and the
lrds are healthy looking, well-kept
wis.