Plan No. 668. Raised Chickens
He resolved that chickens could be raised on a large scale.
He devoted 80 acres to them in the following manner. He planted wheat, and immediately after doing so he put hundreds of young chickens on the eighty acres to make their own way. He arranged for water and made a large number of little houses on wheels wherein the chickens could roost and lay. Each day he collected his eggs. When it was necessary, he would move the houses about their length.
When fall came he sold all chickens that were over two years old and saved this money to buy pullets with the following spring. The chickens obtained plenty of food and the results were very profitable.
When winter came he had accommodations for their keep similar to that of other chicken raisers.
The eggs he gathered he put in storage until the prices raised, at which time he sold.
During the winter months he did not make any special effort to have the hens lay.