INTENSIVE AND SEMI-INTENSIVE POULTRY-KEEPING 



from White Wyandottes, and very fair from 

 White Orpingtons, and, properly treated, 

 almost all the popular breeds should do 

 equally well. 



On the moot point as to whether breeding 

 stock should be kept intensively, Mrs. Baynes 

 says : " It is too early to speak definitely about 

 results in England, having experienced both 

 good and bad results. If adopted, the male 

 bird should be rested frequently, and not left 

 in the pen continually. I am inclined to think 

 that correct feeding is one of the most im- 

 portant points, and would advise the use of 



to constant pure food and water, less trouble 

 m attention to stock, and, provided dry mash 

 is used, much less labour. The stock are all 

 close at hand, and weather conditions are 

 practically neutralised, and more eggs can be 

 obtained when ' eggs arc eggs ' at 2s. and 

 2s. 6d. per dozen. The birds are kept much 

 cleaner, and, if exhibition birds, are also well 

 shaded and moult quicker. The outlay at 

 first IS undoubtedly larger than on open range, 

 but much less ground is required, which means 

 less rent, and thus enables you to have your 

 poultry farm within easy range of any town, 



Mr. Herbert Jackson's Small Intensive Houses, Incubator House and Corn Store, showing the 

 Adaptability of the Intensive System to a Small Area. 



cockerels rather than cocks, and light breeds 

 undoubtedly have yielded the best results 

 hitherto. Here, again, my best results have 

 been since using dry mash." 



Summing up the intensive system, Mrs. 

 Baynes says: "Where properly carried out, 

 the' birds keep in excellent health, but like 

 every other system it has its advantages and 

 disadvantages. One of the latter is the oc- 

 currence of egg-eating, but careful fixing and 

 making of nest-boxes I have always found 

 an unfailing cure for this if taken in hand at 

 once; and, failing this, the ordinary remedies 

 prescribed in this work can be adopted to 

 cure the vice. Some of the advantages are 

 plenty of eggs with delicate flavour, owing 



where, if much land was needed, rent would 

 be a heavy item, and the houses, if expensive 

 at first, are substantial and lasting." 



Very similar are the experiences related to 

 Mr. Herbert "^ by Mr. Herbert Jackson, 



Jackson's of Machynlleth, whose acquaint- 



Intensive Farm, ance we were fortunate enough 

 to make whilst touring Wales in the spring 

 of 191 3 with the Egg and Poultry Demon- 

 stration Train. Writing to us at the end of 

 191 3 Mr. Jackson said: 



" I send you photographs of my intensive 

 poultry farm, which is built in my garden, 

 and proves to the people that poultry and a 

 garden go well together. I have been very 

 successful, as I started in 1912 and now hold 



