10 Farm Poultry 



Many people of means and refined tastes have 

 profitably taken up the study and occupation of 

 poultry-keeping as a means of affording health- 

 ful out-of-door exercise, in order to regain failing 

 health or to afford a change and rest from pro- 

 fessional activity. Many women have become 

 expert breeders, or producers of various poultry 

 products, and are recognized as authorities in their 

 respective lines of work. There is no' branch of 

 animal industry that offers so many inducements 

 to women as some of the various branches of poultry- 

 keeping, particularly if they desire to experiment 

 in the production of new forms, or to improve for 

 their particular purpose the breed or variety which 

 they have selected as best adapted for their use. 



A GREAT VARIETY OF PRODUCTS 



Quite unlike other lines of live-stock work, in 

 which only a few products are raised on the farm 

 ready for the market, poultry-keeping fortunately 

 offers to the poultryman and farmer an oppor- 

 tunity to choose from a number of marketable 

 products those which he prefers to provide, or 

 which in his judgment will most likely bring 

 pleasure or financial success. It is noticed that 

 circumstances are often such that certain lines 

 of poultry work can be conducted with greater 

 success than others, so that those who study closely 



