Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1913 — Fowls for Home Use. [ARTICLE]

Fowls for Home Use.

A small flock will prove more profitable, In proportion to numbers, than a large one. This enables those who live on small areas to procure eggs at nominal cost The same amount of food given to a pig and a flocks qf hens for comparison will give better results with the fowls than with the pig, to say nothing of the fact that the flesh of poultry is superior to that of the hog,_ while greater cleanliness is alscj, secured. There is no good reason wSy every suburban resident should not keep a small flock of fowls, whether W* area Is large or small. Salt Is as essential to the hone as Is to other stook, and should be kept within reach or put la IW feed aaae » da/. . _j