PROGRESSIVE POULTRY RAISING 



The outlet for poultry products has from the first been 

 a steadily increasing one, and the need today is for more, 

 larger, and better farm flocks, sheltered in better houses, 

 fed on better rations and given better care. It is the 

 farmers' need as well as the consumers', for the general 

 farm that is understocked on poultry is not fully efficient, 

 because it is failing to utilize and realize on its byprod- 

 ucts. Worms, weedseeds and windfalls can command good 

 prices when transformed into poultry and eggs. 



Except in the case of the strictly 

 Kind of Stock meat birds such as the turkey, duck 

 for the Farm (with the possible exception of the 

 Runner) and goose, the income from 

 the eggs sold constitutes about two-thirds of the income 

 for poultry products, the carcasses sold whether alive 

 or dressed, furnishing the other one-third. The egg is 

 undoubtedly the more profitable of the two products 

 and the farm flock should always be good layers. Hav- 

 ing in mind his own home needs, however, the farmer 

 usually wishes stock that furnishes a sizable carcass as 

 well as a good number of eggs. He should also have in 

 mind that quick gains are the cheapest gains with chick- 

 ens as well as hogs and cattle, and early maturity is an 

 asset to any farm flock. 



Breeds and There are four classes of chickens 



Cla$'Ses r ',/; 'that; have found favor on general 

 - -'farms. These are the Asiatics which 

 include/ .the- , Brahma^, 'Cochins and Langshans; the 

 We<3i^rr. f Sneah;whiclT 'include the Leghorns, Minorcas, 

 Andalusians, Anconas and Spanish; the Americans which 

 include the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island 

 Reds, Dominiques, Buckeyes, and the Javas and the 

 English which include the Orpingtons, Dorkings, Sussex, 

 Cornish and Redcaps. 



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