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purpose fowl for the farm, and if fed the white corn are a thing 

 of beauty, lay well, and are delicious for the table. 



There is no doubt but what the Leghorns fill the egg basket, 

 are self-supporting and great hustlers, if you do not keep a 

 watchful eye upon your favorite pansy bed. They seem to 

 have a decided "penchant," however, for roosting in the trees 

 late in the fall, and if they are not chased out continually will 

 freeze there. If I were going to raise chickens at the North 

 Pole I would raise the heavy breeds, and if I lived at the equator, 

 Leghorns and Bantams would be more appropriate. 



Much has been written about the curtain-front poultry 

 house. I lost about two dozen Leghorns in a week, one severe 

 winter, with a curtain front while I was attending lectures in 

 Columbia on poultry culture, and consequently have learned 

 to combine the glass and curtain front. 



Of all the most provoking things to contend with, after 

 raising a flock of half grown chickens, is to have a rat, a prowling 

 stray cat, or perchance, a hog out of the fattening pen, quietly 

 feast upon them. 



There is much with which to contend, yet the farmer's 

 wife, with eternal vigilance as to system and cleanliness, will 

 always fmd that the good old Missouri hen not only fills the 

 exchequer and supplies the table with many delicacies, but 

 the outdoor work is the best kind of preventive medicine, and 

 if our Creator hadn't given us the intelligence to combat and 

 overcome every obstacle he would have made us into chickens. 



POULTRY HUSBANDRY. 



(Miss Martha Blume, New Franklin, Mo.) 



I began my course of instructions on poultry husbandry 

 under Prof. Kempster at the Missouri State University Jan- 

 uary 6, 1913. This was on a short course scholarship which I 

 won through a tomato contest, and I was repaid manyfold for 

 the labor expended in the contest. 



I was ably aided in my work by Miss Kinney of New 

 Franklin, my home town, who is an enthusiastic and able worker 

 in promoting the short course at the State University. 



Mr. Kempster taught us through a course of lectures and 

 instructed us in the methods of constructing poultry houses, 

 selecting different breeds, hatching eggs and caring for young 



