Plan No. 614. Fourteen Hens Make $3.33 Each
Here is what a city man did, given in his own language:
“January 1, 1914, I had on hand fourteen pullets, worth $8.40. During nine months I sold 121⁄2 dozens of eggs at 35c per dozen, a total of $49.87. I also sold $26.15 worth of chickens, and at the end of 9 months I had remaining a flock of 48 pullets, 6 cockerels and 8 hens—62 in all—worth 60 cents each or a total of $37.20.
During the nine months I spent $7.50 for eggs for hatching and also $89.80 for feed. This makes me a profit of $57.50 from the original 14 fowls, or $3.33 each.
It should be stated that, in addition to the feed paid for, the stock was supplied with table scraps, which cost nothing under the circumstances and would have added largely to the feed bill had its equal in feed value been paid for at market prices. However, I feel that my experience illustrates a great saving in poultry feeding if table scraps are utilized.”