Show 1 7 Profit F r. r Home Y Poultry p lea Health and From 1 Experience of Enthusiastic Boston Woman i Schoolteacher and Wife Take Up Raising Chickens as Side Make It Pay Them for Work Many Times Over I SIXTEEN HENS GIVE THEM FIRST START Troubles With Feeding and Other MOther Problems Baffle EnergetIc Energetic Energetic Ener Ener- getic Feminine Fancier From Massachusetts for a Time X tx PROF FREDERIC FREDERIO If JI Copyright 1912 by th the Mo Company We lYe e have r I the Che fact act tb t It U would lie le n a good thing for u all 11 concerned oo rn d It If f untold number of dle hack Were ere utilized to grow maIl mall fruit flU leN nod MU Null- Null ort n U of poultry J lter- lter U lly Uy of oC DereK of or Rood good Anier- Anier noil Noll ore arc orse tb ln o producing pro pro- nothing hut hilt mi nit abundant crop ot vf unsightly weed d by lv n ii collection coHee- coHee tl tion n of tin enD cans nud unsightly rubIt rub- rub h. h It i Is fa Impossible to c the Che b benefit benefit ben ben- n- n that It sed would Tc If theNe Chelle e unnumbered tract ere mode made productive nor Dor bow how much be added to our national na on- nn- nn lint we nr know Inow that the they could be he mode to furnish the o mt I able ahlo with the I lJ beet e at t of vegetable anti nOlI he be h t of et und nod chickens hll meDal means better 1 Jling nt at T JO lower r cost COlit In addition to thin thic there lire other worth orth factor and anul for the children n h health health- JUc hobby for the C O And all 11 nt ot the of n 1 i few Y e dollars dollar and nod ipare labor A AA an illustration of or may be a few hens liy Ity n a woman wom-an T who IO enjoy enJo working out of or d doors ora or herewith j dve the experience of Mm 11 Grover Gron r. r In thin torT atory there Is I food for tor thought i a. a mm well a a. a much of Interest and 1111 floe There t. t ample opportunity for tor thousand of ot other women nomen to do clo lo n ns welt welL The file comb de-comb in black Is the of Mr Ir Graham m present draw draw- In fn cr Thill variety 1 In I tho largeNt of the Mediterranean 1 claa elus and bus ban a hot host of admirer It I Is I. a a. ly hand handsome owl fowl and in Is famous a ni n. a producer of or extremely large e eg of ot white white- ne lI IT IT has been the privilege of ot the writer I to travel extensively ely In conn connection with his ble poultry work and to Inspect a great many poultry establishments ranging in alzo Izo from tho little home lock to the largest commercial plants plant In this way ay personal acquaintance has been beon made with thousands of or wen men and women omen Interested In this line Une of ot work an anti and many stories of ot successes eB and failures fall fail ures uros heard Poultry enthusiasts enthusiast outdo tho the baseball fans tans when It Jt comes comos to discussing their pet hobb hobby and since each poultry plant presents problems peculiar to Itself talks are al always always al- al w ways s 's interesting and and ana enable mo rue to pain gain much practical and helpful information regarding the tho details details de de- de- de tails of ot the work its difficulties and moans means of ot overcoming them In a a. recent conversation with Henry C. C Grover Gro of ot Boston wo we o learned of ot the success Mrs Grover has had In conducting conducting conducting con con- ducting n. n tin tiny poultry plant on tho lot lotof lotof of or a suburban home and through the courtesy of ot these f food people an ac account account nc- nc I count of ot their experience Is lii here pre pre- It is given In Mr Ur Grovers Grover's own words Ho He can tell It better than any ono Jino else elsa because uso ho has seen cn the work progress and knows what It means to the family In this case CRISO tho financial secondary secondary second second- consideration was of ot decidedly at ary importance though tho profits have ha been most satisfactory also For convenience the usual quotation marks marIes are omitted but the rest of ot this article Is la Mr Grovers Grover's own TEACHING TO POULTRY We Wo married In III the fall tan of ot 1906 1904 and made our home in ono of ot Boston's sub sub- Mrs rs Grover had devoted dc five years yeara to tho the ar arduous work of ot school teaching and had earned the right to toa toa toa a home borne and all the comforts of ot Ufo life Like most school teachers and others I whose whoso w work rk cn entails tells constant constan t confinement confine confine- ment mont in schoolroom or office she needed nood- nood ed outdoor life and so o In order to give her bar the necessary liberty we secured a 0 capable housekeeper Tho brides bride's bl big desire was wan to make moke it pay and so sowo sowo sowo wo decided to Install a a. little poultry outfit since inco poultry ke keeping seemed to offer after most in the way of ot regular outside outside out out- side Ido duties and a a. possible cash re re re- turn Back of ot the hotl house e there was a a. little piece of ot land thirty feet square sloping I Ito to the thc south routh Wo We 0 had this cleared up an and leveled off olt somewhat nn and on It I built a henhouse according to the style that prevailed when I was a boy It was made of ot slabs with a large door and plenty plent of ot glass windows By December Do- Do cember cembor 1 i. It was completed and we ln tn In stalled a n. flock of sixteen hons hells White W an and Rhode Island faland re Reds Thus ThuA wo 0 started In III the poultry business busi busi- ness flees Wo We 0 did our best to l keep the hens liens warm I sot got up early arl and fed ted thorn them hot dough made of ot stuff I Guessed would woul t make them then In lay The They ThaI did la lay some nn and t ta we vo a had a ml mighty Interesting time of ot It u. Of or course cours wo woI vero I ere ro proud of or our little plant and got ot a lot of ot fun tun out of ot It it but wo WI kept hearing of ot other outfits that were beating ours and this peeved us us and made us Wish to do better botter rAK s CHARGE The business In town wa was growing rapidly tn I found less and loss less time timeto to give give- tho poultry Gradually more and more of or the work was a assumed by Mrs Irs Grover whose health was steadily Improving Some chickens were hatched out In tho the spring and b by early fall tall we had a nice lot of ot well developed pullets pullets pul pul- lets and nd a bunch of or cockerels read ready to dress for tho the table Our first year wae was I completed with a fairly good record We cleaned up tho the quarters got rid of at the market stock and started In again Looking back on that first year I can seo see that poultry keeping may be bema ma made 1 a a. profitable lo sideline even ul under the most old oIl fogy conditions condition provided provid provid- ed tho the people who own the hens hena like them My I business led me mo Into tho the stud study of ot poultry for tor tho illustrating of ot books booles and anti advertisements nd and so I got Cot In touch with modern modem methods and learned much about them One b by one ono Mrs tIre Grovel GrO and I considered the tho various applied somo of them and studIed stud- stud led Jed results Then we began to see Idee how some other people were making malting more moie of ot a success of ot the business than we were It took us a long tune time to get getto getto getto to tho the point where we would adopt tho the open front house Idea but finally we adopted that too Wo Vo soon realized th the advantages to r 4 I J. p k ti J 4 c j 1 i LA L 1 e j t r. r i 4 4 4 1 t riL 4 1 Y S. S I I r p. p r I t L a aa p a SINGLE COOT BLACK MINOR MINO CAS AS This is OUti of great laying egg It is larger than the Leghorn lays a large egg The weigh from 7 to 9 pounds and the females from i 61 to 7 pounds They never broody hens of other breeds or artificial means be used to hatch and rear the ducks Properly fed tile latter will make rapid rugged growth and mature early into laying condition Their plumage is a deep glossy black beautifully illuminated wil with a rich beetle green sheen This color stands confinement well as it will till not show dirt or grime They are aro very popular with both large and small Breeders and many handsome specimens arc exhibited in tho poultry shows show's of America be gained from a uniform flock ot of good stra strain n and und wo we adopted and stuck to tho the Rhode Island Red fled An Incubator of cg egg capacity was WR scoured and successfully operated 1 and wo 0 made e good In rearing rearing- the tho chicks lJ by bythe bythe the use of tireless brooders ors Wo Yo hat had lots of ot fun testing testing- out sitting hens liens and anG hen Iten mothers against t the artificial methods metho s of ot hatching hatching- and rearing After Atter man many months of or s1 skepticism wo we I were convinced that the tho wet hot stuff which contained nil flU the things we thought were welO egg eS' producers was all wron wrong So we adopted the dry ma mash h system of f feeding Now tow w wo we feed right and anel know wh why we arc right These are arc some of or tho facts tact that we learned learne during the tho second year car nn and applied th the tho- next soa season on In the tho spring of at the fourth year ear we e began to look like somebody In the Back Yard ard Poultry World orl Wo We 0 overhauled overhauled over over- hauled tho the old henhouse and made mado il it into an open air affair accommodating ing fifty tiny birds To this we added 1 two wo wone ne new open-front open portable houses for tor twenty layers each cacho Tho The business now belonged belons dI to Mrs Grover Gro She built It it It was her work rl and management She studied It did dUl all the bu buying ln un and selling looked after artel tho the profit and loss and maintained a balance of oC between and on the profit side of ot th till the ledger er Tho The work worl had taken talen her out Into the tito open air a apart apart apart part of ot each da day keeping everything In order bossing the hens and keeping them at work And you can wager that she and tho the hens were a healthy health lot of oC Indies ladies with never no cr an I Ial Invalid al hI In Inthe Inthe inthe the bunch My business in iii town held heM mo mc more mort and more and anel sometimes I wouldn't see oi ee C the holis hUs for weeks at a time A glance at the following tables will shio show that a lad lady can keep h hens ns and tb do It rl right ht and antI when it comes to raising rats rais In lug ing chickens I bet on the lad lady cr C every time Ume to heat beat a mere man They sc seem m to have ha certain motherly characteristics tics that as an ol old neighbor expressed It It a man aint got In the tue fall faU of tho the fourth year car Mrs Irs Grover Gro was thoroughly established with stock coops feed and SliP lIes and was wae operating her little thirty-foot thirty square farm tarm on the tho open air yar no-yar yard no-yard system s Tho The plant was as In fine con condl- condl II- II lion on It ht a poultry lady In overalls over over- alls ails might be seen every day plying plying- her hor trade Anti And how hO how the birds did la lay That fall Call all and winter eggs sold at prices ranging from 50 to 7 75 cents per dozen and nd from this flock the they were worth It Ih Those These fe were r al eggs from healthy hens that well fed Tho The ration consisted of oC sweet grain fresh green food too and pure water The houses wore were kept clean and sanitary and md constantly constant constant- ly open to tho the pure air Sell Cg eggs s like lIko these e to your Our customers and the they will stay with you ou for life legar regardless le s of or ortho tho thio price Some people wanted wonted to Ice tho the birds bird's that produced such sueh c eggs an anti and we began heg to have a a. C cai for fOl eggs for or hatching Our layers ha had been kept kelt In houses without yards and of ot course eggs gs I produced under tinder such conditions are not tho the best for hatching Fortunately Fortunate there was a 1 tract of ot unoccupied land landin in iu the tho rear of or Our dur UI foot thirty pInt plat and we secured enough to furnish fur fur- nish a good oo 1 run rim for tor a breeding Clock flock Of or course ourse wo we wore not strictly In the business of ot selling hatching eggs gs and could not expect to command the high prices puces that established breeders get set However we sold old all the eg eggs s this lit littie little little lit lit- tle tie blee breeding flock could produce at 1 pe pc sitting or 7 cents each lach In larger quantities Every pry egg sold on Oh that basis huls from March arch 1 until June Did DIl that pa pay Think It over There were l lIft If teen cn breeding l hent henE ens and thc they averaged averaged aver aver- ae aged twelve t eggs per ler tb tiny day Then we often hatched at nt athorne horne home and Eol sold oid them for tor 1 12 cents each ench That paid too loo as we got about 00 O per pcr percent c cent cont nt hatches This was due to the fact tact that tho the breeders were healthy health well fed tetI and well cared for On this back land we wo had great reat fun tun raising raisins chickens chickene an and made a 3 good prot It Without this ad additional space we would woul 1 have havo had trouble In both breeding breeding breed breed- In ing and rearing young oung stock as this work orl demands broad bron sunny runs However However How Itow ever as th the result of ot our experience I can honestly sa say that an any ono one havIn having haying hav hay ing In a small amount of ot land available can produce lots of ot eggs b by the no- no yard nr system and make a n. good profit nn This refers to the production production tion lion of or table eggs egg alone not for tor hatching An And where the quarters arc so lIm limited ie It will wUl probably be he n necessary cessar ces- ces sar sary to purchase lu the Ute layers layer rather than attempt to grow them under such con con- tilt ion s. s Our records to date arc are given I cn not because the they are particularly wonderful wonder wonder- ful tul hut but because the they aro are worth while at least and represent what has actually act act- been accomplished Egl Record Laying No o. o of ot i Year S Hens Hen Eggs 1907 16 1715 1116 1905 os 26 G GOl 2601 1 1009 09 22 2 2081 1910 46 1911 loll 73 71 5 1912 32 O Fl Financial Statement Year Tear Expenses Receipts Pro Profit tit 1907 2460 2460 1908 HGO 1909 44 2141 2147 1910 1042 lS 5 1911 1 9 1912 NIno ino months that thata This ought to prove pro conclusively a little homo home flock managed cd by tho the lad lady of ot the house can be made to re return return return re- re turn a 3 financial profit that Is worth while Our experience Is not at all unusual unusual un un- usual Any Anyone one can equal It If It he wilt will half try thousands s are beating it But the tho profits are aro far tar from tram being the whole thing thins When you take into consideration consideration con con- tho the fresh tresh eggs egg and fine chickens produced for tor the home table tho fun tun of or caring for the tho birds and the wonderful Improvement of ot milady's miladys health It all an goes goos to make mako the tho money profit look 1001 mighty might small Possibly Wo O 0 ma may be pardoned for tor offering offering of or- fering a a. bit of ot advice Ico that will h help lp the amateur When Whon starting adopt some tested system of ot ro feeding ceding and men man A Adopt opt It all not part of ot It and stick to It A little change changa hers here an and there thore ma may upset the whole holo busi busl- ness neE Never er e mind what the neighbors or countr country cousins tell you ou Keep Keel things moving according to the tested plan and win out Our success has followed tho a dop- dop adoption tion tian of ot tho open air type of ot house no yards for tor the layers yards yard for tor th the th breeders and growing STowIng |