| Show I 1 CHICKEN FLOCK ON EVERY FARM Not Expensive Because of Excellent Food Produced The farm tann poultry flock fiock Is not ex- ex ei expensive pensive and because of ot the excellent food tood It produces should be found on every even farm During a n part art ot of the year a noel flock of from GO 50 to hens will tome forage for tor much of ot their food says Dr Or B 11 F Kaupp Knupp head hend of of the poultry depart department ment meat at the North Carolina North Carolina State col col- col college college lege The chickens consume bugs and worms which are Injurious to crops and clean up waste grain about the cow and horse barns The flock needs need to have a 11 comfortable house which can be kept clean and plenty of ot mash ant grain feed Corn oats wheat and barley to feed the flock may he grown at home and made Into a ration thatIs that thatIs thatis Is just ns os satisfactory as any COrn com commercial mercial mixture Formulas for tor preparing pre pre- preparing preparing paring these rations may be had from the poultry department Doctor Kaupp Knupp sn says s 's that every per per- person per Eon son Eon should eat at ot least two eggs every everyday everyday day This men means s that two cases of ot 30 dozen eggs each Is needed for tor each person In the state each year Twenty ty to twenty five pounds of or poultry should also be consumed by hy each per per- person person person son on the lie farm tarm In a year e r To find out the thc ho potential market for poultry and eggs In a county one should ascertain how many hens there are within Its borders These hens should average at nt least eggs gg each If each hen la lays s 's eggs and each person consumes r 00 eggs eg It would mean that there should be five hens for each person to supply only the home needs need More hens than this should be kept however so that n a surplus of eggs ma may be available a for sale Then too sa says s 's Doctor Kaupp pullets pul- pul pullets pul pullets lets must be raised each year to rev re re- replace replace place about one half of ot the mature hens Five eggs eJ s to set will be needed for each the breeding pens If H the farm flock Is to he be kept at nt hens this means mean that hint 20 O eggs e s must he s set t To do thIs tills without an ao Incubator bator baton requires 1 15 setting hens If It the family consumes OO 00 pounds of or poultry on the table 2 5 hens and GO 50 fryers wIll supply this amount |
