Author : Richard W Webster
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis The Practical Management of Poultry with a View to Profit by : Richard W Webster

Download or read book The Practical Management of Poultry with a View to Profit written by Richard W Webster. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... number of birds and commence at once to keep poultry on a large scale. He should commence in a small way, keeping only a few flocks at first, and gradually increase the number when he has satisfied himself of the financial success of the venture. It is most essential that from the very commencement a strict account should be kept of all expenses and receipts. There must be no guess work--nothin must be taken for granted. It will then be an easy matter to make a balance sheet at the end of the year, and ascertain whether a profit has been made. I am acquainted with an extensive agriculturist, who by a very simple system of management draws over 120 per annum from his poultry. This gentleman has very kindly placed at my disposal full particulars of his methods of management. He tells me he lays himself out entirely for egg production, only rearing enough chickens to replace old birds, and keep up his flocks to the required numbers. He possesses ten separate homesteads, and at each homestead 100 laying hens are kept, with six or eight male birds, making a total of about 1070 in all. They have the entire run of the homestead at each place, and also the adjoining fields and meadows. In reply to my question whether the fowls committed any damage to the growing crops in the adjacent fields, he said, that of course they did do a certain amount of damage, but it was of such a trifling nature as to be of little consequence. Every flock of fowls is allowed two bushels of sound head corn, or its equivalent in tailing corn, per week, or 13. quarters per annum, valued at 14 6s. od. This gentleman believes that where fowls are kept for egg production, and have the advantage of a free range, their food should be limited to a certain fixed quantity, ..