South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-23
Written by l. j. Matthews,
Agent Pulaski County

W EllltH Wy u. ~ 4hoAtiAN"Sf
Agricultural Agent Pulaski County.
Last week we mentioned the fact
that several folks had been testing
( for bacillary white diarrhoea and the
reactors had already been detected.
This week we are glad to be able 10
! say that not only have the reactors
been detected but they have been
shipped away from every flock eX-
lcept one. To these facts the writer
is able to make affidavit if such IS
i necessary.
POULTRY SURPLUS
For three years now we have been
told that there was a huge surplus
of poultry products and while We
are not in a position to deny that
there has been such surplus. we do
know definitely that profitable re-
/ turns have continued; even now, l
know some folks who leave little
= egg on their chin since it is the badge
of aristocracy The statistician, OF
course. has been able 10 point out
/ the increased supply Of poultry pro-
ducts in the country. but he has not
been able to gauge three other fac
tors which have a good deal to do
with the consumption of poultry
products. They can not tell accur-
ately the increase in city and town
population nor have they been able
20 gauge the flexibility of demand
whenever the supply showed any
slight decrease in price. Another
thing they have not reckoned with
apparently is the startling efficiency
of diseases to get rid OF a good deal
of surplus the figures have indicated.
While We grant that there is much
poultry in the land. il has not yet
made any large dent on the price OF
poultry products
II may be interesting TO know
that As out of the original 60 per
sons who started the work of keep
ing egg records are still sending in
the record each month and these
records are appreciab!y higher than
they were last year. Everyone of
the 10 flock owners mentioned above
is feeding a mash.
MASH MAKES EN- LAY.
To the doubling Toms; Don't just
say THE Mash Doesn't Make Them
Lay" or 1T Costs More Than It's
Worth" but give 1t a trial. Mix up
100 pounds OF bran, 100 pounds OF
middlings and 60 pounds Of tankage,
put this $50 pounds Of mash before
your hens and if egg production
doesn't start looking up before rs
all gone come in. Hundreds Of farm
ers in this county are demonstrating
every day that mash makes the hens
lay enough more eggs to make money
invested in mash bring q handsome
return. Ask some one who has let
the mash>hopper go dry. He can tell
YOU with a vengeance.
STEPHENS SHOWS GOOD RECORD
The reports for the year ending
with Nov. 1 with Frank stephen
flock shows conclusively that a flock
of average size If il is given good care
and management, IS a paying propo-
sition notwithstanding the big sur
plus which the sharp-shOoters and
fad detectors have been telling Us
about. In the year preceding Nov.
/. Frank stephens had an average Of
I76 hens. This flock laid 26,197 eggs
or an average lay per hen OF 1853
eggs. Nor did Frank receive an IN
usual price for the eggs he sold. the
average being 31.1c. But at that,
after all expenses were subtracted
he made s492.O3. This figures out
labcr income of s2.79 per hen or
S124 an hour. for each hour he
spent taking care of the flock.
THE INVESTMENT NECESSARY.
In order 70 secure this labor in
come. il required an investment OF
$724.53 Of which S499.7s was for
stock and s225.75 was for equip
ment. Totals receipts for the flock
were s924S9.
FEED THREE-FOURTI1S OF COST
The value OF the feed given was a
trife less than three-fourths Of the
entire expense of the flock. Il is not
the idea in this record work 10 make
the income big nor spectacular but
10 find out the truth as 20 whether
or not a flock pays for good care.
feed and management.
ALL BILLS ABE FIGURED
In this account IS a charge Of S43.-
IS as interest on the investment
which was taken at 8 &c. There Is
also a depreciation charge OF S22.57
or 1879 OF the value OF the equip /
ment. From the total receipts |
$s24.s9 we subtract the total ex-'