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sota, namely, at Halstad, Norman Co.; Marshall, Lyon Co.; 

 and Northfield, Rice Co. These statistics show that the 

 value of poultry products, used and sold per farm in 1908, 

 was $56.61 at Halstad, $95.75 at Marshall, and $150.43 at 

 Northfield. This makes an average of about $100 per farm 

 for poultry products per year. 



Figure 109. — White Leghorns, a type of the light breeds, which are the best layers.. 



In the United States in 1909 there were produced 1,591,- 

 311,371 dozens of eggs on farms. The value was $306,- 

 688,960. Practically the same farms reported the production 

 of 445,650,124 fowls, valued at $202,506,272. 



A Start with Poultry. — Boys and girls who feel a liking 

 for poultry are urged to undertake it as a means of making 

 a little spending money, of earning their way through school, 

 or as a business worthy of study. The mother should be 

 relieved ,of a part or all of the care of the poultry. She no 

 doubt will share the earnings with them very liberally. If 

 poultry is really a part of the farm business, the father will, 

 or should, at least, be glad to give them a definite part of 

 the work to do and a share in the income, or preferably 

 give them entire charge of a portion of the flock. If there 

 is a place where poultry may be kept, a few specimens of 



