Show FARM EliOL TRY RAISE CHICKENS IN WINTER broiler raising Is a specialty in poultry ry work and returns good profit to worker by anor A S ALEXAN DEIt DEIL chicks can ca a endure dure cold weather better th than extreme heat beat disease lice and mites always come with the um sum mer months and the expense of 0 feed ing la Is no greater in winter fronts can be realized from broods hatched in november december and january tho the winter hatches do not grow at as fast as the spring ones ti but t a heavier coat of feathers la Is grown brown they the feather fast in the winter months and are more solid and compact and arp are just the right size to sell in april P A 0 n av dark brahma hen and may when prices tire are at tho the highest point broiler raising to is a specialty in poultry work and returns good profit to those who are successful the one who has his own fowls cau make sure of the fertility of the edge eggs used tided I 1 raise three and tour four thousand chickens every year land and find the per of mortality small lix in the winter and early spring the cost of rats rala ing broiler chicks in january and february Is no greater than la in may and june tho the latter are marketable lu in july and august when the market la Is glutted the april and may returns are from 35 25 to 50 cents per pound 60 to 80 cents per chicken which costs about 25 cents to raise a very good lir profit olit on the other hand the august price shows but a small margin of profit with a lower per cent of hatchet hatches and larger per cent ant c of mortality the secret ot of profit from broiler raising Is to produce high class broll broil era that will bring top prices at the smallest cost with rapid growth E eget agh averaging high in fertility produced by stock that is strong and vigorous make the tha battle naif won at the start the business to Is not only good now but will be even better in the futile as wild game disappears much of the prairie chicken and quail served at fashionable hotels are nothing more or less lesa than common guinea hens and pigeons when a knowledge of this ahli I 1 fact be becomes Fornes more common the domestic hen will become more popular and her products consequently bicher in price |