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Show THE FARM VXD HOME. PROFITS OF POULTRY TO THE AVERAGE FARMER. i.arKcsl Hcturui I'or Hie Minify luvmted j -U,iv to llmlrojr the IVt.fiTiu t . (Ill Men I I'"' llHiri tow tfoiMrholU Note. I , I l"oiiltry on the Farm. I j There i no source of profit nvnil-j nvnil-j e to tho fanner w hich is capable of ' ving so lr.rge re-turns for the money i invested as poultry. Kor exnmpU. ;i 4V;'Cii e;;gs can be produced at less cost hau a pound of pork. It is a well-I well-I Tiunvn fr.ct that the farmer receives ! thirty eei.ts per doen for absolutely fre-sh laid" eggs as often as the choicest bit of pork reaches fiftcii ecus per pound. While the price for n dot n of i g js seldom falls below bit cents, yet the price of po.k ofle:i declines to five cents per poutd. One do;: n eggs also tost the farmer less to product, thun a j pound of butter. A house roo;n niado I'.iufortable and fully equipped for one locn hens costs no more than a shelter for a single horse or cov.'. Py comparing com-paring the cost of feeding and cure, it is easy lo decide which is the most rt munerntive. At the present time there is more profit in eggs than in raising poultry for market, and yet u pound of poultry llesh t un lie raised as cheaply us tho arne amount of any other kind of meat, whllti it averages double the price of beef or pork to the producer. Crops tlint drain our land of its valuable propivties sometimes fail to give sutis-factory sutis-factory returns. Now a flock of well-,'uiiiiiigetl well-,'uiiiiiigetl poultry, besides giving u direct, profit, ado piate to place tho industry in-dustry i onhocteil with theia above others of its elos. furnishes a fertilizer which is almost invulimblo in restoring our lands to their original fertility. Fowls are the best economizers on tho farm, since they pick up every stray i remb and ninny kernels of scattered scat-tered grain, 1'i:ii unavoidably fall to tho ground and would otherwise be lost. They devour myriads of insect, pest, and. while thus protecting our crops from tle.:;-uct'on, they utilize the destroyer. The products of the poultry yard are among the luxuries which are within the farmer's reach, not, however, without with-out some effort mid expense. Whatever What-ever is really worth having costs an elTort to secure. Too much has often been exported from hens, considering consider-ing the cure given to them. Many a poor biddy has been compelled to face the cold winds of Winter nights, roosting on fences or in the treo tops, while others hnve only the shelter of an open shed, und are obliged to subsist sub-sist must of tho year on such scattering scatter-ing bits of food as they can find for themselves. M;uiy a man. becauso he is obliged to feed his hens through the winter only enough to prevent starvation, starva-tion, coraph.his that the fowls are un-piotitable, un-piotitable, s'.i'i;dy because they do not lay who i c iocs are high. Now, if UiCi;o g;'..iie bins h::d been properly housed, n.vl fiive.i a little extra care and feed, t'ney wuld become, n paying invoslnient l:-.:.d of n unoless expense. Mue of the f 'od vbicli was consumed in keopisgf I'.i.t.i v.t, ! could have been utilized for egg '.n-?yt action. So delicate, nna n'.ia ishing r.n article of food as an vgg ls vc- wo tb all it costs. It is just tis easy to havo her.s laying at any season of the year as to have cows give milk. There is no luck or chance n'mitt it. It is natural for hens to flrodueo eggs, and under favorable circumstances they will lay freely. It is reasonable to s.ippo.so that all who keep lion1: i.'r.i.t them lo lay well. How to fet tlw most egn with the least trouble and expense Is the question pressing for unswcr. |