Number of Fowls 3 



does not necessarily mean that fewer turkeys, 

 ducks, and geese are now kept than formerly, for 

 without doubt the former figures include more 

 young fowls than the latter. In like manner, the 

 number of chickens determined April 15 by the 

 1910 census consists largely of fowls maintained 

 for breeding purposes, while the numbers as deter- 

 mined by the enumerators of the previous census 

 on June 1 necessarily included many young fowls. 

 Consequently the increase in the development 

 of this industry in this country is without doubt 

 much more than that indicated by the statistics 

 of the census reports. 



LITTLE CAPITAL REQUIRED 



To a person contemplating a new enterprise or 

 the extension of a business already established, 

 one of the first questions to be solved is, "What 

 will it cost?" It often happens that the original or 

 first cost of an enterprise prevents persons of 

 moderate resources from making what in their 

 judgment would be a safe investment. Probably 

 there is no important branch of animal industry 

 that requires so little outlay in labor and money 

 as poultry-keeping , Unlike many enterprises, the 

 poultry business may be begun in a small way and 

 conducted successfully with the expenditure of a 

 very meager sum of money. 



