October, 1919
THE LANDSWOMAN
My Ideo I Small f'arm. - Contin.uethodJ ot
f'COOOtniRing in th11 dlrect1on. During the war pnrt of Hll8 "'ith
plAnt so dllllcult and wire-netting almost impossible to p;ocu.re
trom mnnulacturiog firms, substitutes have had to be the order
tor many of my etudentll. 11Iy policy tbroug:hout has been to
put thr.ae producers on to local "bargainrol.
The latter he would buy from a well·
known breeder of ped1grce laying stock, paying a nioo price
tor same, and aocurlng, if J>O"Iblo, o. cockerel bred from a hen with
a given egg-record. At least one or two such cockerels might be
procured to mate with the owner's beat pulleta fo-r his own ~
The runs would be arranged accordJng to a set plan of the 1\P.ld
thought out carefully beforehand, so that space can be left f6r
wide alleys to take a hon10 and cart. And all enclosures will be
fitted up by way of gates, etc., to save time and labour. The ftnt
set of pens, would, of course, be placed near the reanng station.
By the time matmg up is dUI' the houses for tbe breeders will
be ready, and the owner will have by him the records of e\ery one
of his pullets during October, November, and December. Those
with the highest records will be mated up for his own US(' in par·
ticular, as the ch.icka from these he will reserve for future develop-
ment of his strain. llLs spring plans will include the hatching
out of about 100 pullets as layers the next Winter when matur1t1
is reached. His hAt~hlngs will be out mainly in March for h1s
own use, although they may perhaps be spread over February,
:.\larch, and Aprll in part. The J.'ebruary cockerels will make the
beat breeders, and ogg-productton from the pullets of various
hatehings will bo in relays, the March birds starting to lay in
October. I refer, of course, to a heavy breed like the Light Sussex.
With incubators ono might allow for 50 chicks hatehlng out of
each 100 eggs, and of those chicks 50 per cent. may bo regarded
as cockerels. One might, therefore, say thAt it requires 100 eggs,
if incubator-hatched, to yield 25 pullets, not allowing for deaths.
On t ho other hand, as one becomes more experienced the per·
~ ntago of ha.whes will be increased, and, as many broody bens
will be set, this will help the average, as bateh.lngs nnder hens are
invariably high wltb home-produced e~.
To secure our 100 pullets, we will need to incubate 400 eggs as
the minimum, and with these ensured swylus eggs and chicks
should be disposed of by means of ach-ertislng. l am keen on
this businee.s, aa it increases the returns tremendously. What 1s
more, it is the snowball system lnwnsifted where one satisfied
customer recommends another, and these customers come again
and again, season after season.
The ftrst season the £ale of
sittings and chicla should be engaged 10, as no time should be lost
1n getting publlc1ty. Tho "locals " must be attracted In every
way, and their custom sought by local ad\-'"Crtiaing. They repre-
sent a cheaper trade, of course t han what is secured by means of
clever advertisi ng in the speciafut papers. The first season, how-
ever, prices will be reasonably low, and, apart from attractive
stationery a neat little catalogue will be 1ssued out setting the
claims of the Light Sussex, and any other breeds that have been
added , aa mentioned, to secure custom. Each year, as tbe farm
develops, so will the prices advance.
T o be t:Qntin!Ud-" A LirJit~q from the Land,'' "fJy Puu;tO. Otce-n
(Newnu].)
Exchange Column
lAnd Army hatband nod ties supplied at 1s. 6d. by Jean
Hcwlt t , 23, ~lain Street, Cockermouth.
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Wanted , pair of second-hand brown 1.\eld boots, size 6, height
16 ~ inchcs.-Wrate P . M. E Uiott, Hammerclitfe Farm, Mark.fteld,
Leroetterahlre.
Wanted, good S('COnd-hnnd d ress trunk, black or green, not
more tha n 408. to 50s.-:.\!. 0. Lilley, Land Ar my Hut, Decplng
St. Nfcholas, SpaldJng, Lincs.
PAir high-le gged brown boots, size 5, forsale,£.1: new few months
ago. Owner will send on appro\"al for postage.-K . May, H aydon
F arm, Kilmersdon, Radstock.
Hand-knitted jumpers, all colours, made to o rder, from two
gul ~as. A I~ fa ncy topped stocking . Apply, ~J .R .• Box Office,
!::>tonefleld, K 1dbrook Gro,-e, l:Jia..:kheath.
AT SPECIAL PRICES
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