. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. started in March, igi2, with a few WhiteWyandottes and White Orpingtons, and as Ihad no land I had to build my hopes on thenew system (the intensive) by building twocolony coops to hold six each. I found thiss\-steni so successful both for getting a goodsupply of eggs and for keeping the birdsclean and healthy that I have extended it, sothat my plant now consists of fifteen housesto hold 2so la\Tr3, besides incubator house I feed my la\crs at a cost of I id. per headper week, and can fatten chi
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. started in March, igi2, with a few WhiteWyandottes and White Orpingtons, and as Ihad no land I had to build my hopes on thenew system (the intensive) by building twocolony coops to hold six each. I found thiss\-steni so successful both for getting a goodsupply of eggs and for keeping the birdsclean and healthy that I have extended it, sothat my plant now consists of fifteen housesto hold 2so la\Tr3, besides incubator house I feed my la\crs at a cost of I id. per headper week, and can fatten chickens at anaverage cost of id. per head per week frombirth until four or five months old. Mr. Jacksons system of feeding, it willbe noticed, is less elaborate than that of , if wet mash is used, and, withthe that we give the soft foodor mash at night instead of in themorning, is what we have found work verywell for three years on an experiment con-ducted by us on intensive lines in our owngarden. Our object was to test the effect onthe general health of birds kept under such. E.\perimental Intensive Plant in the Editors Garden. (500-egg capacity, four macliines) and cornstore, and all in my garden. You will see by the photograph how theyare placed. There is no difficulty as to gettingeggs in winter, as I get more then than insummer. My next move is to build on halfan acre some large intensive houses to hold100 birds each, which I am going to rear thisnext season, and so increase my stock reared my young stock this season on a(]tiarter of an acre adjoining my house, andwhen four montlis old the young birds all gointo intensive houses for slock or table birds. I use for scratching material dry leaves,road dust and chaff, which cost next tonothing. I feed on soft food in the morning,green food at noon, and small grain at night. close confinement, and though necessarily,owing to our business duties, the bulk of theatti-ntion to the birds fell to garde
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