PROGRESSIVE POULTRY CULTURE 281 



COMBINING GAININGS 



Increased economy and effectiveness in management 

 are frequently gained by carrying on poultry keeping 

 in combination with other occupations. 



A small flock of fowls, fed mainly on the wastes of 

 the household and cared for by some member of the 

 family who can spare time for the work without neglect 

 of regular duties, is kept at a small expense. 



A dairy farm, selling cream or butter, has quantities 

 of skim milk or butter-milk to be disposed of daily. 

 Poultry will make good use of such by-products by 

 converting them with other foods into saleable eggs 

 and chickens. 



Uniting poultry keeping with the culture of orchard 

 fruits provides ideal conditions of range, shade, etc., 

 for the fowls, which utilize some of the waste fruit and 

 aid in subduing insect enemies of the trees. 



Combining poultry culture with small fruit growing 

 and gardening calls for the keeping of the chickens in 

 yards or on ranges away from the growing and ripen- 

 ing crops at certain seasons but at times they help to 

 dispose of the by-products or surplus crops and des- 

 troy many injurious insects. 



In joining poultry keeping to bee culture there may 

 be grown crops, such as peas, beans, buckwheat and 

 clovers which will yield nectar for the bees by their 

 blossoms, green foods and seeds for poultry food and 

 hay or straw for littering the hen houses or feeding 

 of the farm stock. 



Poultry, when made a part of the live stock of the 

 farm can utilize many of its crops and by-products to 

 advantage. 



If the farm is devoted mainly to poultry keeping the 

 manager should consider carefully what crops he can 

 grow to advantage and whether the cost of their pro- 

 duction will allow of their successful selling in the 

 market or more profitable use at home. In some cases 

 the question will arise as to whether a crop useful for 



