: in- re'ii.-hider you kep for lay-i
.ma kill out when fat eay 500 hens,
which you can readily sell at 2o cente
; each, which amouutd to $125. We
i allow fur losrs by death, etc., 100 hern
j during the year. Now if we allow
1 for feed 5" cents each on grown
tock, we have $51G expense; for
feed for l,2o0 chicks, 10 cents each,
make .-10. Ksnense tor labor, etc..
whoh amQunt Qf
expense $1,130. No account ia taken
of the droppings, which are estimat
ed to be worth as much as the feed
cost if put on your own land, which
is s03G. Five hundred dollars was
allowed for expenses for labor, etc.
If a person will do the labor himself
he can safely put down expeuse at
least $250. Now these are not large
estimates. (!ood layers should give
from 12 to 14 dozen eggs per year,
and we believe that the eggs could be
sold, if properly handled, so as to net
25 cents the year round. Now if the
30 hens and two cocks for breeding
purposes are puFe breeds, say Leg
horns, the cockrels, many of tbem,
could be sold for $1 to $2 each. This
should be the cage, if possible, for al
lowing you commenced with common
stock as layers, you can increase your
laving stock by GOO young hens of
best breed, thereby increasing surely
your egg product the Second year.
