. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Patented Aug. 11, 1S96. Patent No. 565,681 _^ HORSE T^DOUTFITTERS from January 1st to July 1st, making it an average of almost 115 eggs per hen for sis months. In other words the hens produced about 19 eggs every month each. The eggs sold for or were used up at home at the prevalent market prices as follows: 20 dozen at 50 cents each . $ 20 dozen at 40 cents each . 10 dozen at 35 cents each . do dozen at 2S cents each . Total .... $ From this sum was expended for mixed feed, beef scrap, etc , the sum of §, leaving a balance of $30.
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Patented Aug. 11, 1S96. Patent No. 565,681 _^ HORSE T^DOUTFITTERS from January 1st to July 1st, making it an average of almost 115 eggs per hen for sis months. In other words the hens produced about 19 eggs every month each. The eggs sold for or were used up at home at the prevalent market prices as follows: 20 dozen at 50 cents each . $ 20 dozen at 40 cents each . 10 dozen at 35 cents each . do dozen at 2S cents each . Total .... $ From this sum was expended for mixed feed, beef scrap, etc , the sum of §, leaving a balance of $ for the flock, or §; net per hen for six months. It should be borne in mind, that weeds and offals from the house or gar- den were not counted in, as they were waste and considered as such. The labor is not counted, because the pleasure of cariDg for the hens and the chance of studying the flock easily balanced this up. As the entire coop and run were purchased and erected at a cash expense of *3, it is easily seen that the invested capital is but small. This small flock was handled exclu- sively for an experiment to discover the real or imaginary profit, and its owner is now able and ready to begin with a thor- oughbred flock in a somewhat more elab- orate coop, and if a strain of layers is se- lected, no doubts need be entertained, but that they will even make a better showing.—Rural Life. SEPARATOR RECOMMENDATION. A dairy paper tells of an agent who penetrated into a remote region where dairy cows were not by any means plen- tiful. One old farmer had one cow aud a steer. After considerable display of salesmanship the representative sold the farmer a second-haud machine, but the customer, not having either the cash or credit, the deal was finally closed by the agent taking the cow in payment. This left the old man with a steer, a second- hand separator and food for reflection. Later on the office wrote to the customer for a testimonial, not beiug aware of all
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