Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. eggseggfarmstrus00reli Year: 1907 THE EGG INDUSTRY quickly. The breeder of pure-bred Leghorns, or Minorcas, which have been selected from an egg-producing strain, can build up a trade at two cents a dozen higher than market price. The breeder of Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Brah- mas, in fact any of the brown egg layers can do likewise. The farmer shall not be out in the cold, if he will only u
Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. eggseggfarmstrus00reli Year: 1907 THE EGG INDUSTRY quickly. The breeder of pure-bred Leghorns, or Minorcas, which have been selected from an egg-producing strain, can build up a trade at two cents a dozen higher than market price. The breeder of Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Brah- mas, in fact any of the brown egg layers can do likewise. The farmer shall not be out in the cold, if he will only use com- mon sense, and grade up his stock by the introduction of pure-bred male birds. Stick to one variety, and purchase a standard-bred male each year, and your common barnyard fowls will lay the golden eggs. WHY PURE-BRED BIRDS ARE TO BE PREFERRED Before going into the main elements of profitable egg production, there are a few thoughts we want to share with yOU, which are really necessary to a satisfactory commence- ing a large, vigorous bird, that outweighs your present rooste by two pounds, is equivalent to adding one pound of weight to every healthy chicken you raise next spring and summer. The saying that the male is half the pen applies in this case. The farmer need not pen up his fowls to make this true. 'One pound of weight added to each of the few hundred chickens raised each year on many farms is a big item. The quantity of marketable chicken meat is not only increased by this simple process, but also the quality, for the larger and finer looking fowl, alive or dressed, is easier sold, and at a better price. 'The farmer who wishes to improve his finances will look carefully after just such matters as these. And where the farmer's wife is the 'chicken man' she will do so. It is these strokes that count. Brute force does not hold its own on the farm as well as it once did. The thinking, planning, experi- 6—ACTIVE CHICKS JUST FROM THE INCUBATOR ment. They relate
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