. The Farm-poultry . COLONY HOUSES FOR IN IKAtH OKCIIAKD. AT VKKNON, POCLTKY liouses arc l)uilt of iiiiitehed spruce at a Cost oC less than $2S eacli, ami hold fifty While Leghorns e;ich. The roosts are placed across the end opposite the door. colleetin<; r^i^s aiul liirds us lie iieeilcdtbem. He adopteil two plans. (»iio was to sellpens of hens to people who were for keeping; small llocks, and to irivethem the use of the male bird, they giviiii;him an option on all ,i;s laid by the pen at auniform price, whidi was a little higher thant
. The Farm-poultry . COLONY HOUSES FOR IN IKAtH OKCIIAKD. AT VKKNON, POCLTKY liouses arc l)uilt of iiiiitehed spruce at a Cost oC less than $2S eacli, ami hold fifty While Leghorns e;ich. The roosts are placed across the end opposite the door. colleetin<; r^i^s aiul liirds us lie iieeilcdtbem. He adopteil two plans. (»iio was to sellpens of hens to people who were for keeping; small llocks, and to irivethem the use of the male bird, they giviiii;him an option on all ,i;s laid by the pen at auniform price, whidi was a little higher thanthe highest i)rice for market eggs; and alsoon any chittks they might raise. This planhas worked remarkably well, and he says thefertility from the flocks so kept lias lieenuniformly very high. It ought to lie, for theconditions are quite ideal when a breedingyard of bens is well placed on a city lot withroom enough, grass, shade, table scraps andjust what grain is needed tocke out the good feature of
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