Show A profitably BLI CHICKEN FARM ON NORTH TRACT I 1 went out sunday to the chicken farm of lafayette morrison on the north tract mr air and mrs morri son have laying hens and pullets besides a number of 0 tilea files coining coming up there are two large hen houses and one smaller one tor for the younger chickens they ship lust just a little more than a case a day ajom from other sources we are inform ed that average yields on utah farms per laying hen are about 1 50 up with once in a while 2 00 earned a year over and above all expenses mrs morrion Morr loon Is not one whit dis satisfied with the returns on their investment each house has a cement floor the drop boards are best scientific design with wire aire netting above so that the birds cannot be fouled easily cleaned and with a well de signed summer ventilator from the bach back in winter this can be closed it if wished also fair weather open ings at the back the fronts face south so nth are largely open above with cloth windows easily raised in case of storm or in winter weather it is so designed as not to sweat thereby giving the chickens monia the roots roofs are tied to the cement floors by strap iron so that a high wind can not carry the roof away mr morrison grades the eggs as best he can at once size to be form absolutely clean right ends up and no washed eggs put in un less accompanied by a note reading 4 top layer washed eggs anwash ed eggs will carry clear to new york washed eggs must find a closer mar ket he ile fedes laying mash blended with other feed has good scratch lit ter keeps the houses absolutely in a clean condition and gives the hens I 1 care real care and gets results just now he is running abbot they are getting just now about eggs a day non fertile eggs all from white leghorns he fig ures that the teed feed for chicks is about 22 ibs lbs a day mixed about 12 ibs lbs of laying mash to 10 ibs lbs oth er food the houses have a compost tion roof ground flint on heavy ma aerial and laid down with a good high convex binding strip that wont went et rain in it Is 1 their ambition to have more chickens by and by the crops on the farm are slowly coming better and better as the ground is stub born and hard to put into condition that is being slowly accomplished though |