. The Eastern poultryman . one or the other, and finally decided to give up his farming. He subsequently sold his farm and purchased an estate in the village. This property was hardly adapted to the keeping of poultry, inas- much as there was only a large barn for sheltering the fowl and no land available upon which to erect poultry houses. Necessity is the mother of invention and, as Mr. Strout had but little room, he decided to make the most of what he did liave. Windows were cut in the east side of his large barn and that entire half of it was turned over to the biddies, including the upper
. The Eastern poultryman . one or the other, and finally decided to give up his farming. He subsequently sold his farm and purchased an estate in the village. This property was hardly adapted to the keeping of poultry, inas- much as there was only a large barn for sheltering the fowl and no land available upon which to erect poultry houses. Necessity is the mother of invention and, as Mr. Strout had but little room, he decided to make the most of what he did liave. Windows were cut in the east side of his large barn and that entire half of it was turned over to the biddies, including the upper part where hay usually has been stored. For yard room outside he built two large yards, a part of w hich is upon his own land and a part in the high- way, and here his hens get their When on the farm, Mr. Strout usually let his hens roam at will and the result was, they paid him well. To confine them the year round was, with him, an experiment, but he had faith in the hen and the results prove that his faith was well founded. He has accommodations for about 100 to 125 fowl and his egg account, his special object in keeping hens, tells the story. For years, Mr. Strout has been an enthusiastic admirer of the Barred Plymouth Rock, but of late years, he has been yielding to the per- suasive charms of the Rhode Island Reds, Kent's Hill, Maine, July, 1905. so that they predominate in his flock, although he does keep a few pure-bred Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes. For a long time, Mr. Strout was an ardent advocate of hot mashes, but of late he has found it rather impracticable in connection with his work as a real estate agent, so he has adopted the dry feed methods, keeping hoppers of grit, beef scrap, cracked corn, oats and wheat constaniy before his birds. No apparent decrease in egg production has been noted, but there has been an actual de- crease in the amount of labor necessary to_be expended in caring for his flock. With no room to raise chicks, Mr. Strout has t
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