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Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 June, 1916. 



PRACTICAL POULTRY KEEPING. 



ADOPT A SYSTEM. 



By A. Hart, Chief Poultry Expert. 

 Hints to Beginners. 



In these days of keen competition in the poultry-keeping industry 

 everything in connexion with the business must be conducted on up-to- 

 date lines. Money, of course, is the sole object in view of the man who 

 keeps poultry for profit only. But even in his case it is absolutely neces- 

 sary to select the very best possible strain and feed and care for the 

 birds on up-to-date lines if success is to be obtained. The best stock are 

 the cheapest in the end, and the proved methods of keeping and feeding 

 the birds should be practised by every beginner in the business. In 



Successful poultry keeping in large flocks. 



making a start the beginner must first decide what varieties he will 

 keep. If eggs are desired as the sole source of profit, then White Leg- 

 horns should be his selection. But if a combination of egg production 

 and rearing table poultry for market is wanted, then he must select some 

 other breed as well as White Leghorns. We have Orpingtons, Wyan- 

 dottes, Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rocks, Faverolles, and Sussex, 

 which are all useful in the production of general utility or all-round 

 stock. But as eggs are at present the main source of return from poultry 

 in Victoria, I would advise the beginner to select White Leghorns for 



