| Show The H HOth me Flock and the Cost of Livin- Livin Meat Meal Can Be Had a aLess al Less Cost Chickens and Other Poultry Afford Opportunity to Lessen Expenditures for This Table Necessity of Americans CHEAPER THAN THA J BETTER CUTS OF BEEF OR PORK Objections to Raising Fowls in City May Be Overcome TIe by Keeping Houses Clean and Confining Birds Very Closely FANCY BREEDING PROFITS BY PROF FREDERIC H. H STONE- STONE BURN BUEN 1912 11 by the an L company The two preceding articles of oC this series discussed ed In a a. general way the tho poultry Industry and the business of or practical poultry farming In Jn his present contribution Professor ProCessor Stoneburn Stoneburn Stone Stone- burn brings out another phase o of or orthe the subject on one that Is of at move more than passing Interest lie points out the undeniable fact tact that under existing conditions certain kinds of oC poultry products are arc the most economical meat food on the market toda today and could to advantage e be more freely used by the av average rage family Also that b by the utilization of oC Idle land and scraps from Cram the table man many families can produce at slight cost enough eggs and chickens to meet their p personal needs This Tills is ono step toward the tho solution of or th the perplexing perplexing per per- problem presented h by the high hl cost o t of ur ln lI living and a as such J Is Js worthy worth of thoughtful consideration i itIle tIle White here delineated by Mr 1 Graham Gaham are the product of or orthe the skill of ot American 4 breeders This grand variety varlet enjo enjoys wide popularity as a purpose general-purpose fowl Cowl and Is also alEo a favorite of ot the fanciers In previous lou issues we have hae presented accurate and und attractive drawings of typical Barred Barreel Plymouth Rocks and Cochins EAT of or some somo kind Is an essential M MEAT part of oC the daily bill of or fare tare of or orthe the average American family Foreign nations express surprise not unmixed with en envy enat at th the amount of ot meat used h by Americans In all walks walk's of at life Ute The he habit of f meat eating Is a firmly fixed national characteristic It will change only under stress 0 of circumstances e even en n though our our v vegetarian friends In- In that Jt It would be to our OUt advantage both physical and financial to leave nj meat at entirely alone alon fear ear has hns been expressed of ot late that 1 j u j tf t f T I p i c p 79 f ri I F D 2 Ld r 4 i ii I b L WHITE WY One of our most popular x American varieties Bred extensively for fancy in which the competition is very keen and also largely for their utility value The latter has made them favorites with both the poultry farmer and small yard back yard breeder Profitable alike on free range or in the time small sInai home flocks being one ne of the best for this latter purpose They are good layers of large brown eggs and the chicks are rapid growers being salable at all limes from the tim time they the reach broiler size until they reach rench maturity II present economic conditions will comI compel com corn I pel pela a readjustment and that the average ayer aver ayera j a age e family will be hc forced to cut table expenses It cannot be he denied that the tho thoI I problem of or proper properly feeding th the family farlly on the average a Income Is becoming more complicated that the mar margin ln be between between between be- be tween weekly receipts and expenditures Is constantly decreasing and that the question of or ways and means to keep things running on the old ohI basis I Is a serious ono one It I is right here that the time American hen steps In and offers to shoulder r a portion of or the burden The Thc amount of or the load loael that she sho can carr carry depends entirely upon the opportunities ties afforded her She cannot do th the work alone she must have intelligent ent co operation It will sill be our endeavor to point i out In these contributions how advantage e may be tak taken n of oC the hens hen's adaptability how to use her to cut down living costs how ow to house feed and manage he her In order to secure th the k best results with th the tho smallest expenditure expend expendi ture turo of or time labor and c sh First it must be recognized that poultry meat at current prices is no I longer a luxury It I is 15 a staple la Laying aside th elements o of palatability and ease ense se pf pt tl ri bo both bh h Yer very Import important the fact tact reman remains that at current m-ar- m mar mar- I ket prices certain classes of oC poultry products are the tho cheapest meat moat foods when considered o on the basis bash o of monE money co cost t amount of oC waste and the digestible digesti digesti- ble nutrients which the they contain Naturally Naturally Natural Nat Nat- ural this does not apply to the tho best grade of or table eggs at the prices which maintain during the late lata fall tall falland falland talland and winter months nor to such delicacies delica delica- des cies as early earh broilers spring roa roasters winter squabs green geese and ducks duck pheasants and other poultry specialties of ot similar grade grale However this point I Is 1 man clear clear many of oC these luxuries can an anh h lip hp produced on the city or suburban lot at a co cost t so small that the they may with whit be used the economy on flu family table APElt THAN OTHER R FOODS FOOD Experimental work conducted under government supervision has s conclusively conclusive conclusive- I ly demonstrated that fowl fol at 20 O cents I per pound Is a cheaper food tood than beef beet loin at 25 cents beef beet shoulder at 20 cents pork loin at 20 cents and fresh tresh cod at 1 15 cents It about equals eggs at 24 2 cents per dozen and whole milk at nt 8 S cents per quart Further that families able to purchase the expensive he cuts of oC beet beef can equally equall well afford aCord to buy the priced high poultry specialties specialties' previously mentioned which dollar for tor dollar supply equal amounts of nourIshment nourishment nourishment nour nour- In addition to furnishing n a welcome variety to the thc bill of ot fare If H those table products can cnn with jl econom economy be used when purchased on the open merl market et how much more freely free freo- ly h should they be consumed when hen produced produced produced pro pro- b by the home flock at a fraction of market prices Every g city back backard backyard yard ard offers possibilities in the line of egg chicken and squab production sufficient suf sut- clent to supply an ordinary family er e every suburban place place- and village e aero affords opportunities to Lo grow IO enough nou h 0 of these staples for fOI homo home us' us and have IHl havea a surplus to turn hun into cash Such sac sides sales ma may frequently be made to meet the actual expenses of the plant so the home supply costs nothing but the time spare labor devoted to the thc work In exceptional cases small plants o operated operated oper oper- er- er on Intensive methods do o much bettor than this actually turning In a n handsome pro profit tit Occasionally Occasional the they af afford atford at- at ford tord the sole means of ot support of or the owner and his family I The reference to these money making maltIng malt malt- ing Intensive plants must not be bo mis mis- I understood An Any considerable financial finan Inan- cIa cial profits from Crom them are not as a arule rule made de from the production of table eg eggs s an and poultry because the total output of ot these must of oC necessity be comparatively l small mall In other words th the volume of or business i Is too limited to one to make any Cr very large largo or fits For FOl really largo large o returns one ono must depend upon quality rather than quantity selling the birds for 01 brooding breeding or exhibition purposes and the eggs for tor hatching at prices much in excess of ot market quotations quotation It Is evident that the sale Imle of or a l dozen eggs at 3 or ora ora ora a cockerel at nt 5 5 gives a a. greater margin of oC profit than the sale salo of or the same things at nt current market rates The prices price quoted are not at all aU visionary Thousands of ot breeders are regularly receiving more than this for tor eggs ergs and stock TIME AND THOUGHT FIRST The beginner must expect to de devote devoto oto considerable time and thought to tho the work ork must gain wide experience beCore be- be tore fore ho he can hope to make a name as a breeder or establish a trade of oC this kind However the opportunity exists and it Is one ono of at the things thinKs to look forward forward for tor- ward to as S a a. possible development Tho The possibility will serve to maintain tho the interest and make the dally daily work worle less lessof lessof lessor of or a drudgery In the tho vast ast majority of or cases the family flock lock will best beAt serve Its purpose a when managed with witha a a. view of at producing for tor the tho homo home table at nt lowest possible cost the tho largest number of or fresh eggs and tender chickens The Tho person who starts on this latter basis Is IR safe It later experience ex cx- ex- ex p Indicates the desirability of or developing the time fanc fancy end of ot the business business bustness busi bust ness this can be bo done with but slight light chances of ot making serious mistakes We e said that e cr every back yard Is a possible location for Cor a home flock lock Of ot course this Is not literally true Frequently Frequently Fre Fre- quen ones one's neighbors object to havIng having hayIng hav hay ing Ing- a n poultry hou house e or a lot lt of oC noisy chickens maintained within a a. few tew foot feet o of their dwellings In some cities ordinances ordinances ordinances or or- have been enacted which prohibit prohibit pro pro- hibit the l keeping of at poultry In certain residential sections If It these obstacles cannot be surmounted one must either abandon the time Idea of ot poultry raising raising- or else remove to some more favorable lo 10 catl cation 0 n. n Of or course there Is always the pO possibility possibility sI- sI of oC compromising on pigeons which are arc not as objectionable as poultry poultry poul poul- tr try to to many people Pigeons thrive even cen when confined In restricted quarters quarters quarters and will with reasonable care produce a regular supply of at squabs Those These are a a. great rent delicacy and possess certain practical advantages as ag compared compared com corn pared with chickens Thc They make much more rapid growth crowth than tho the latter and require no care aside from Crom that given b by the time parent birds The They ma may even be produced produce where there Is II no land available avail avail- a able le as some successful squab producing pro pro- plants are in operation on the tho roofs of oC elt city buildings It Is frequently found that objections I Ito to chickens are alO based on the existence of OC conditions which are never nover found Cound on properly conducted plants The houses need not and should not be bc unsightly unsanitary or filthy The They may he be made attractive and antl thc they must be he kept sweet and clean If It the best results arc are to be secured tI The adult fowls fowl ma may be kept entirely out of at sight the only onh sign of oC their presence being their reports when C eggs S have been deposited in the nests Heavy eg egg production is frequently secured secured se so- cured when the birds are kept confined In olean clean well ventilated houses house never stepping on the ground during the en entire entire en- en tire Ure year Yards are desirable but are arc not riot a necessity excepting for tor growing chicks A As a n. matter of oC fact on ex ex- ex restricted areas the land might better bettor be used for houses to accommodate accommodate accommodate date a a. few more birds th than n divided between between between be be- tween house sites and yards Objection to the noise ma made by fowls refers almost exclusively to the crowing crowing crow ero ing of ot the males the presence of or which Is unnecessary and undesirable In flocks that are carried solely for Cor the production of at table eggs The male Is Isa Isa a a. disturber and although a consumer he Is 15 not a a. producer lIe He mn may well be dispensed with In all but the breeding pens There I Is a widespread Idea that flocks s of at hens without males mates will not In lay well This Is Js not founded on fact tact as os me of oC the best egg ess records haeb have ha b been en made b by pens of ot hens which have havo I never had a a. male bird kept with them I If It the objecting neighbor Is reasonable reason reason- I able these considerations will probably smooth matters out and enable one to proceed with this this' plan especially especial if it there Is a a. probability y of ot a few tr fresh h eggs being being- slipped across the fence tence oc oc- oc- oc casi o na ily In perfecting plans for the esta ment of oC a home flock Clock one Ofle will d di doj to carefully stud study the conditions rounding rounding- his particular caso and accordingly The Time amount of available the exposure the chatot chat char charof of ot the soil the available funds all alla allan a an Important bearing on the s su The he best advice Ice I Is to begin on I a d' d scale keeping only a few birds birds- experience warrants expansion expansion lowing this plan one invest invests small smaIl sum and an any errors can 1 I b I without serious loss Joss But Dut try tryout the L out Idea In itt some w we learn ho how fresh Cresh v eggs and pr grown chickens r really lly taste Sora Sorn has said that t It would bo bett the tho American people to eat m chickens and celery an and less Jess ho I hominy There Is much truth J I ii Test It It But Dut grow your chIck i celery at home borne If Ir you can range to do so so Convert thet the i from your table Into food tood that C good dollars to purchase JH |
