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POULTRY REPLACES SWINE ON THE JOHANNES FARM |r 200 PULLETS PRODUCE EGGS AT 7 CENTS A DOZEN(Herald News Photography |i The poultry house has been likened to a factory where feed and grain.is converted into eggs. Here »• we see a scene in the Albert Johannes egg factory north of Two Rivers where there is high percentage of employment, with a job for every member.IJai.Ol/LTKY FLOCKS have Iwh the means of kewpin? many farmers oul of tin* rod this past year in Manitowoc county, and ac-cordinj; t*» tin* trend of the industry, farmers wjll continue tu stick to the j-ame in 193*2. for it looks more encounijcinjr than hoy rais-injr. dairying, »r any other side line in ugfield ture.A •2Un-pullet flock of White Leyhorns on the Alliert Johannes farm north of Two Rivers has 1ecn maintaining better than a 50 Iter cent egg production since they started laying la.-t fall, and records that Mr. Johannes has kept 011 the cost of their production fliows that they have been producing them at n profit.After Mr. Johannes iuii selling his milk lo in-.linos., mi lory j *inmh.-r i( years ago mid Mailed • i'IUiik III 111*' Two Rivers trade. he null rahdns hops iiihI converted a |iortinn of his hup harn lino a poult ty hulls'1 ami slum'll prodm ins eggs.. Profit As Prices Drop W|ll« ccc price* down lo a low mark the p«.-l two winter*.. ii hu* meant ihm in order to make a l»rifli In ih gam|\ the host of pullcta mii'i he kepi and every penny of expense niK-'ii Into considers I ion.l-i.-r spring lie purchased 5ft,» baby chicks fiiin n lucftl Iwiclieiy. and from ilsai number saved out jimI of Hie best pullets. The cockerels were kepi until along early last fall when iliey wero dressedand canned for home consumption. Tbe women folks did the work of canning, by the cold pack method. Aboul fifty cans of chlckeu were put up and has .supplied I heir lablc ever sineo with a delicacy thut Is equal 10 that of fresh spring chicken. I The pullets ihai remained after ihe rulls and cockerels were taken out were given the besi of .•arc. and given every opportunity to produce effi- I i lentlv. In the mouth of January. 1P32. the flock I of 2«'0 produced a total of 3.7S6 eggs at a co6t per dozen of 7.3 cent*. This, of course. Is figuring the • cost of feed that they consumed to produce that j number of eggs, and does not include _ the (ime; spent in caring for them.Will Increase Flock The flock has come through the winter In excel-1 lent condition and Is now supplying eges for hatch-. ery purposes. The flock will be carried over another year, acrordiug to Mr. Johannes* present plans, and enough pullets will bo raised this spring to j replace the ranks again next fall of those that will , he culled out between now and that time. He plans 1 to start in again next fall wRR a flock of between j 250 and 3lt;if\ hlrrieThe Big Five mash is fed to the flock and has produced excellent results in keeping up the body ; weight of the birds and a high production record. 1 The Big Five ration consists of 100 pound* of wheat bran; 10 pounds of ground yellow corn; 100 pounds of ground outs; 100 pounds of Standard wheat middlings: and 1lt;V) pounds of meat scrape, with an addition of 7 pounds of charcoal. 5 pounds of salt.. and one quart of codllvrr oil. .This mixture figurespdunds.forlug.denhadbenues“I*oufreetionherthe It.id andup at about IS 50 for the 50u pcandmosten;Tmotwat
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Manitowoc Herald News
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Feb 27, 1932
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