Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-06-07
An Iowa Farmer Hasn't Time
to Farm as He Did.

miles out on Route q, decided to han.
die a different breed Of chickens
some four years ago. In making the
change he decided to buy purebreds
and to get the best stock. He bought
eggs and hatched his flock for the
coming year. He was delighted with
the laying of the fowls. Neighbors
heard about the eggs Mrs. Lyon was
getting. The demand for the Lyon
stock grew. 1t increased at a ratio
surprising to him.
The next year he decided his poul.
try was worth advertising. Advertise.
ment brought such flood of inquiries
and orders Mrs. Lyon couldn't attend
to all the work in connection with
the flock. Lyon was compelled to give
part of his time. He was a farmer
not a poultryman. That was is 1919
Farm prices were high, times were
good. But the prices the poultry busi.
ness was bringing were such that he
couldn't neglect the chickens. So.
while his quarter section farming op'
erations were insistsnt, he obtained
help and prepared to give more time
to the chickens. AS he was giving ur
part of his time the advertising con.
tinued.
/ Chickens Kept Him Busy.
That was the end of Lyons field
work. The next two years and again
this year he has been unable to give
the fields attention. Sidney Lyon
farmer, has become chicken farmer
because the chicken business would
not be denied.
Not that Lyon has quit farming
He's still on the farm. He raises much
of the feeds his chickens eat. he
raises corn, oats and other grain, like
other Iowa farmers, milks few
cows, feeds from 80 to 100 hogs a
year, topping the St. Joseph market
twice in the last two years. But the
chickens keep him busy. All because
in buying a new farm flock, he
bought the best purebred stock he
knew of, out of flock with high lay.
ing records behind it.
Mrs. Lyon looks after the CORES.
pondence and that keeps her busy
Yet only four years ago she believed
she could do the work, care for the
children (there are three) to do the
housework and take care of the
chickens.
Paying Business a Surprise.
HIt surprised u.s." Lyon explained
and Mrs. Lyons smile indicated she
might have expected the surprise
that had puzzled her husband. It was
she who first desired the single comb
White Leghrons that made up the
new flock.
This year the incubator capacity
was increased to 1000 eggs. There
are two large poultry houses beside
the smaller ones in the pens. The big,
gest month, financially, was April
in which the business amounted tc
1880. That counts only the bushes:
on which deliveries were made. The
biggest order received was for 60(
|eggs.
No Dull Season on Farm.
There isn't any dull season on thi:
Iowa farm. When selling eggs fol
Matching slows down there is the
baby chick business. Then there are {
lot of sales of pullets at weeks
When the Matching season and chicl
season are out of the way there i:
the New York buyer who takes the
eggs at good prices. And meanwhile
there are the normal operations o;
a 160-acre farm.
The grain is sold through thu
hogs. Four cows are MIXED. Abou
half the farm is in grain, the othe;
half in pasture.
The result that followed getting
good stock when he bought chickens
wasn't lost on Lyon. He needed
man for farm work this spring. HI
got what he believed the best man OBJ
tainable paying him SIS above th'
,, average wage for that work. Lyon
plans to get more cows. Besides th
cream, milk is valuable in the chicke,
business. He's going to buy "goo'
stock" again when he increases tn
size of his herd. They'll be purebred
nood onoc