This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
John Crane, Schuyler Co., N. Y., writes : "I send you the results of my experience in rearing the Brahma variety of fowls, with my expenditures, receipts, and profits, for insertion in your paper. The length of time embraced in the following statistics was one year, commencing Nov. 18, 1866, and ending Nov. 18, 1867. The number of fowls at the first-mentioned date was 18 hens and 2 roosters, being the same number as leit on hand at the last-mentioned date. The account stands thus:
Cost of keeping the old fowls ................ | $15 45 |
cost of rearing 90 chickens ........................ | 19 70 |
Total expense ......................... | $35 15 |
Number of eggs sold, at 35 cents per dozen - 155 5-12 dozen .............. | $53 39 |
Sold fowls to the amount of ................ | 55 57 |
Total receipts ................................ | $108 96 |
Expenses as above ................... | 35 15 |
Nett profit ....................... | $73 81 |
 
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