. Elements of farm practice. Agriculture. 248 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE Arithmetic: 1. If a farmer keeps 50 hens and each hen lays 125 eggs in a year, how many dozen eggs will the farmer get in a year? How much will these eggs be worth at 20c. per dozen? 2. If a farmer keeps 50 hens and half of them produce 10 chickens each, how many young chickens will he have? How much are they worth at 35c. each? 3. If 9,000 lbs. of grain, worth Ic. per pound, is required to keep 50 hens one year and raise 250 chickens, what is the total cost of feed?. Figure 112.—Two baskets of eggs. The one on the left re
. Elements of farm practice. Agriculture. 248 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE Arithmetic: 1. If a farmer keeps 50 hens and each hen lays 125 eggs in a year, how many dozen eggs will the farmer get in a year? How much will these eggs be worth at 20c. per dozen? 2. If a farmer keeps 50 hens and half of them produce 10 chickens each, how many young chickens will he have? How much are they worth at 35c. each? 3. If 9,000 lbs. of grain, worth Ic. per pound, is required to keep 50 hens one year and raise 250 chickens, what is the total cost of feed?. Figure 112.—Two baskets of eggs. The one on the left represents the 75 eggs laid by the average hen in one year. The one on the right represents 220 egga laid in a year by the best hen at the Crookston Experiment Station. CARE OP POULTRY Sitting Hens.—Like any other class of live stock, poultry, to do well, must be well cared for. During the early part of the summer the young chicks require considerable atten- tion. A great deal of time may be saved, if several hens are set at one time in a building separate from the main •poultry house. We mention raising chicks in this way, because but comparatively few persons use incubators. A woodshed or corncrib that is clean, and that may be dark- ened, is a good place in which to set hens. In the evening take as many broody hens as you can get, or as you want, and put them in this shed or crib, that has been well cleaned and provided with good, clean nests, preferably near or on the floor. Shut these hens in over night and darken the windows. If they continue broody the next morning, set them at once with eggs selected from the best hens. Then. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wilson, Archie Dell, 1875- [from old catalog]; Wilson, E. W. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb publis
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