Show AS I 1 veteran poultry judge and breeder claims that hen will lay during course of year speaking of tho the brahma Drab irria typo type ot of fowls tat that veteran poultry judge and widely known breeder mr 1 I K felch says bays it hag bas been my claim and it can bo be substantiated that tho the brahma will lay eggs in a year and hatch and rear a brood of chickens what one lion hen may have dons done to la no criterion of a flocks proficiency notwithstanding ono one brahma did lay eggs in days but laid no more that year yot yet repeatedly edly nave have flocks of at eight fowl laid between february I 1 and juno 1 four months ari an of 88 88 88 8 and during may laid 0 total of eggs and average of 26 25 each for that month I 1 think there are many that bavo reached eggs in a year as aa any other breed but eggs and rear a brood oi of chickens places them among the boat best and most profitable of all breeds at this writing I 1 have a hen that aver aged 88 eggs between february I 1 and juno june 1 that I 1 set may 28 she has bai hatched and reared a brood broad of C chick ons ens and has laid 76 eggs in nine alna months leaving her three months fat fo the chance of becoming a egg hen like ono of her ancestors queeni queen Qu quality alliy atut breeders bleeders bre eders arizo any hen that hatches hat eliea and rears ream a brood of chicks anu anit alyes you A years work such are capable ot of earn ing you 10 profit per annum it if they are thoroughbreds and nearly that in aa utility workers in natick keep strict account of the expense of feeding if you want to much profit they bring you tho the aven aveis ago age price for kitchen eggs fresh in natick tor for 1910 was 37 cents ayery egg lion hen at these prices earned as you see 1469 cash less for keep leaving not profits per hen beni with tho the pure stock in Drahm drahman as plymouth rocks and or Wyan dottes this Is obtainable with in tell igent care thus are we justified in saying that poultry upon the farm Is the beat earning power in agriculture |