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Show Food Cost. tin fauna lhat grow grain and where I there la much waste grain that the chlckena eul. the coal of feeding a hen for one year would probably not exceed ex-ceed "6 cents; but where all the feed hus lo be purchased and paid for at market prices the cost wil vary from f 1 to 11.60 per fowl. The rost of raising rais-ing pullets will usually be offset by the price received for Ibe bens when they are marketed. If properly cared for and fattened, the surplus cockerels should be marketed St a profit. |