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Show CHICKENS A FORM OF WEATHER INSURANCE Biddy will lay just about the same 111 ail.-cr of eggs whether 11 ranis 01 shii't'., and lvr imriiunity to the wliimfi of the weather man is just one of tlie main.ey reasons why Ltah iarmeis will find it profitable to k'' p a few chickens as a sideline, 1 ays Carl Frischknecht. Utah Extension Exten-sion poultryman. Besides acting as a crop insurance for drought and rain stricken farm-on:, farm-on:, a well-fanaged flock has other advantages to clfer a farm family. Chickens help to supply food the year round for the family, offering a g:cd source of fresh meat in ad-di'i ad-di'i n to the eggs. The farmer with a fleck of chick-r chick-r s1 has a ca fh crop every week in the year. A case-; of eggs a week is helping many a farmer to make his cup thi ; spring without goin.; into '1 bt, rays Mr. Frischknecht. The flock also gives winter employment when other work cannot be done. Chickens can be run on land that is growing 01'n'ir crops, which is a distinct advantage to the small farmer who has not much land at his di posal, he points out. Poultry manure can be used to good advantage advan-tage in fertilizing field crops, although al-though it is not good practice to u'i? it for the poultry range. Starting into the poultry business is generally a gradual undertaking. Most nucc'ssful poultry raisers grow into it rathfr than go into it. says Mr. Frischknecht, pointing cut that thl-a requires very little cash outlay, as a good s'zed flock can be built up in only a few years from a small beginning. . |