Statesville, Dec. 5 (AP)—M.T. Combs, partially disabled veteran of the World War, who lives in Concord township, made a net profit of $690.78 on his poultry during the past year, reports R.W. Graeber, farm agent in Iredell County.
The income from the flock, including sales of eggs, broilers and hens, and all culled birds, totaled $1,317.22, wile the expenses of operating and of buying new birds for the flock was $626.44, leaving a profit of $690.78. The flock now numbers 246 hens and 12 roosters, and Mr. Combs is planning to increase this number as his physical condition improves sufficiently to enable him to care for a larger number.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925
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