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be bought without drawing on the bank account. So, Mr. Farmer, 

 it is much to your interest to help just a little with the poultry. 

 Chickens need to be fed and cared for as well as other stock. It is 

 a very poor farmer's wife who doesn't enjoy taking up a neat egg 

 basket every evening and gathering up nice clean eggs." — Mrs. H. 

 R. Schlotzhauer. 



"In the poultry business procrastination is the thief of suc- 

 cess. Success depends largely upon not neglecting the small things 

 that are so important — the sanitary conditions, the proper hous- 

 ing of the fowls, and the necessary feed." — Jess L. Miller. 



"First regulate the classes and numbers of your fowls in strict 

 harmony with the size and capacity of your farm and home. Keep 

 in mind the fact that poultry, and especially chickens, are hearty 

 feeders and require much nourishment. Especially is this true of 

 young chickens, which should receive careful attention and good 

 wholesome food. I have noticed on farms that a large per cent 

 of chicks perish for want of nourishment suited to their age. 

 Lack of proper care and the use of improper food subtracts larger 

 numbers than do all the diseases of the poultry yard. Our best 

 success comes from keeping the chickens, ducks, turkeys and other 

 domestic fowls moving at a high pressure rate during the early 

 weeks and months of their growth. This treatment will perfect 

 fine birds, which will sell for profitable prices. If you don't expect 

 to give your poultry good care and proper food, don't go into the 

 business. Having the confidence of all your birds is of much value. 

 Keep out sources of annoyance — boys and dogs. Don't alarm your 

 live stock of any kind. 'Fear worketh ferment,' is a Bible maxim." 

 — Jasper Blines. 



"Poultry raising is not different from other callings, and fail- 

 ures are usually traced to not knowing or failing to attend to the 

 necessary details. Success follows knowledge just as surely as fail- 

 ure hangs on ignorance. Unfortunately, the knowledge necessary 

 to successful poultry production is harder to obtain than in most 

 other occupations. It has to come largely from personal experi- 

 ence. In most other callings there are certain accepted principles 

 which are well understood. There are no known rules which will 

 always produce like results in poultry production, yet success is 

 pretty certain to follow, if stated principles are carried out. The 

 wise beginner is one, who, having determined to enter the ranks, 

 is willing to put in long hours all the year, be content with fair 

 wages and keep 'everlastingly at it.' Then results will follow." — 

 Mrs. W. B. McCord. 



