Show IL bulletin has backyard back yard egg making in nutshell prepared by the united department of 0 agriculture A smal email I 1 flock of hens instead of a large garbage can means a sizeable balance on the side of thrift la in a nutshell that to Is the essence contained in the 20 pages of farmers bulletin 1831 backyard back yard poultry keeping just issued by the united states department of agriculture it Is a revision of a former bulletin and contains many new suggestions and conveniences that will be useful to flock owners in villages small towns and suburbs various uses are now made of the table waste collected from homes in towns and suburbs but practically tho the only use that may be mode made of it on the premises Is as feed for chickens and this use according to the bulletin can be made very profitable if the birds are given good housing and caro care it Is assumed that each hen in her pullet year will produce at least ten dozen eggs a reasonable requirement of only one egg every three days the size of the backyard back yard flock seldom should go below ten hens ten birds laying eggs at the specified rate will produce dozen in a year which at the conservative price of 40 cents a dozen will make the flock income 40 a year the bulletin Is really a handbook designed to answer any question that may conle come up in the mind of the owner of a small flock it covers such subjects as the kind of fowls to keep the size of the flock procuring stock housing arrangement and sanitation of yards feeding lice and mites hatching and raising chicks culling the hens preserving eggs and practical point era plans and bills of materials are given for making houses of low cost and houses that will fit various conditions dit ions details are given on interior equipment such ns as roosts boosts dropping boards nest boxes and coops for broody hens it Is suggested for instance that an orange box can bo be made into info two good nests simply by UY nailing a narrow strip of board along one side to hold in the straw the advantages of n double yard are discussed and one paragraph ph tells of the value of a mulberry in supplying succulent feed for three weeks there Is a description of an interesting device for providing fresh green feed by growing oats through inch mesh poultry wire stretched on a frame a short distance from the ground t to 0 keep the hens heng from killing out the plants copies ot of the bulletin may be obtained as long as the supply lasts by writing to the united states department of agriculture washington D 0 |