Show START RI U HENNERY flY AND MD MAKE MONEY OEY Method by W Which ich It Is Shown the Egg Problem May lay Be Largely Large Large- i ly Iy Solved UTILIZE WASTE OF KITCHEN Ten Fowls In a a. a Small Yard Will Be a Become Become Be- Be I Paying Proposition Proposition Need Need Not come a Nuisance Nuisance to the theS I S Neighbors Every fa family lly which has even a s small all back yard can go far toward supplying Itself with eggs eggs' and antI producing some poultry which w t lessen its draft on the nations nation's meat supply liven Inen In a small back yard with the aid of a n few fe hens much of the kitchen garbage can be manufactured into food instead of l being wasted at a time when there there must be no waste of anything that can be made edible Keeping chickens even on a n small scale can be made a pleasant worthwhile recreation particularly particularly particularly par par- in interesting to a n child old ohl enough to assume responsibility This article le is th the first of a series serles of simple practical Instructions on keeping poultry on a small scale The series is designed primarily to help heir beginners start their flocks but should convey valuable Information to those who have had experience or who keep keei scale poultry on a suburban or larger Jarger The facts are those gathered by bythe the governments government's poultry specialists on th the department agricultural's agricultural poultry farm tarn at Beltsville Md and from the thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of private poultry yards which l l i they have visited and studied These specialists nil be glad to send bulle bulie bulletins I tins or f furnish advice to those Interested interested interested inter Inter- ested In In producing more eggs ana ant chicken meat during the tho emergency Should I Keep Hens liens in My Back Yard I Keeping small flocks of hens In a a n village or city back yard has proved I successful It Is s. s an important brand branch branchi of ot the poultry Industry Though the value of the product from each flock is ii small in Itself the Aggregate Is large The product of such a n flock both In the form of of eggs and fowls fowls' for the table may be made at a relatively low cost because pf of the possibility of utilizing table scraps scraps and kitchen waste which would otherwise be thrown away avay A A flock of h hens ns even as few as six or or eight should produce eggs enough where used economically f for r a a family of four or five persons throughout the entire year except during the molting period and fall an and early winter By preserving surplus eggs produced produce during during dur dur- ing spring and early summer this period pe pe- nod of scarcity can be provided for Keeping pullets Instead of hens also will vIll ins insure r production of eggs at this time Not only will vill the from the home h me flock materially reduce the cost of living living but their superior freshness nn and quality y are in es well worth the effort expended The need for an an extension of poultry raising Is is particularly great In Ih those l sections where the consumption of poultry products products products prod prod- exceeds eds the production with the tile result that prices ar are high An Odorless Flock Objection frequently Is raised to the keeping of poultry in towns and cities because of the odor which may result and also iso because of the noise made by hy roosters crowing i particularly early in inthe inthe th the morning In ml some cities regulations regula have hare been formulated to prevent or 01 control poultry control poultry keeping Where there are such regulations it will be necessary for the beginner to find nd out ut their provisions provision and to con orm orm to them The poultry flock ocl need not become become be bb- bb come a nuisance to the neighbors If the dropping boards are cleaned daily dally ond end If the houses and yards are kept In a n reasonably clean con condition there will viII be no annoying odors f The male m bird n need ed not not be a n nuis nuis- an ance nce Unless it is intended to hatch I J. J i S' S e J 5 t f I l v t f tO t W a hit J rL Ji v d i l t. t VJ i IM vA r chickens from the flock it it Is unnecessary ces- ces sary to keep a male bird The Tile fact that there is no male in the flock will have ha absolutely no effect effect upon th the number of eggs laid by by the hens liens Those who wish to produce eggs for hatching should get rid iid of the roosters when hen the hatching season ends This is desirable not only to eliminate the noise of ot the rooster but but also to to save the reed iced ed that would be eaten by the male and for the further reason that the eggs produced after the male is 13 disposed sed of will ill be Infertile Since these eggs are are are Incapable of chick chick de dc- development development de- de they can b be kept much better better better bet bet- ter than fertile eggs and consequently are superior for keeping putting up In water r glass or marketing The flock of course must be kept confined otherwise ise the hens liens will stray into neighbors' neighbors yards and gardens where they may nay cause damage and almost certainly ill feeling ill II The next net article will deal with the kind of ot chickens chickens chickens chick chick- ens to keep the size of the flock and how to procure stock |