Dry land farming in the Southwest .. drylandfarmingin00cott Year: 1915 ROCK ISLAND LINES 13 pounds, and sulphate of iron, three pounds, kept in a shallow box where the rain cannot reach it, is a good tonic to keep before the hogs. A hog pushed for large gains will eat a pound of soft coal a day and he will thrive in propor- tion to the coal he eats, provided he is being properly fed. GOOD hens, like good dairy cows, are sure producers in dry land farming sections and should be one of the important sources of revenue. A skillful poultryman on a dry land farm can realize $2 a year a hen above
Dry land farming in the Southwest .. drylandfarmingin00cott Year: 1915 ROCK ISLAND LINES 13 pounds, and sulphate of iron, three pounds, kept in a shallow box where the rain cannot reach it, is a good tonic to keep before the hogs. A hog pushed for large gains will eat a pound of soft coal a day and he will thrive in propor- tion to the coal he eats, provided he is being properly fed. GOOD hens, like good dairy cows, are sure producers in dry land farming sections and should be one of the important sources of revenue. A skillful poultryman on a dry land farm can realize $2 a year a hen above the cost of feed. Yet on the majority of dry land farms there is not enough eggs and poultry produced to give the family all it wants, and most dry land farmers claim that chickens 'eat their heads off.' The layers in the average flock consist of a number of early-hatched pullets and a few year- ling hens. Besides these there are a number of old hens, some of whom ceased to lay years ago, several long-spurred old roosters and a lot of ac- tive young cockerels. Such a flock with fair at- tention will average 60 eggs a year per hen. Get rid of all the flock but the choicest early hatched pullets and the heavy laying hens. The average will increase to 120 eggs a year a hen and the feed bill will be cut in half. Pullets from good egg laying strains will begin to lay when six months old if they have been Spanish Peanut Plant. pushed for growth and development and given plenty of exercise and comfortable surroundings. Such pullets hatched in March or April will start to lay in October and will supply the eggs for the high priced fall and winter markets. Tear old hens begin to lay in December and should be laying well in January. Males should not be allowed at any time with the hens except when the eggs are to be used for hatching. The hens will lay more eggs and pro- duce them at less cost without males than with them. At the New York Experiment Station pul- lets without a male pr
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