Show Chickens A Forms of Weather Insurance Biddy will lay just about the same number of PST errs w Ct trains rains or shines shine Immunity to the whims of the weather man is just one of the many w y Utah farmers will find It profit profit- profitable profitable able to keep a few chickens as a Mft ac-Mft li e li e says Carl Utah Extension Tran Besides acting aa as a form of crop insurance for drought and ra n farmers a well well flock has other advantages to offer a farm family Chickens help to supply food the year around for forthe forthe the family offering n ii rood sore of fresh meat in addition to the egi The farmer with a flock of chick chick- chickens chickens ens has a cash crop every week in inthe inthe the vear Case of a week is helping many a a farmer to make his crop this without cing n to n-to to debt debt Mr The i flock also gives winter employment when other farm work can not be bedone lodone done Chickens can be run on land that thatis thatis is growing crowing other crops which I a distinct advantage to the small farmer who has not much land athis nt at j his disposal he points out Poultry manure can be used to al- al vantage in fertilizing field crops although it is not good practice to use it for the poultry range Starting into the poultry busi- busi business busi business ness is generally a gradual under under- undertaking undertaking taking Most successful raisers grow into it rather than en cointo into it says Mr pointing out that this requires very little cash outlay as a good sized flock can bo be built up in only a few years from a small beginning |