Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1918 — A Bird in the Hand [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A Bird in the Hand

(Special Information Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) FEEDING TO MAKE SMALL FLOCKS LAY.

This Hard-Working Backyard Poultry Plant Has Its Poultry Houses—in the Rear—Elevated to Avoid Rats, a Sunshade at the Left, and Individual Coops for Hens With Chicks at the Right.