MANAGEMENT OF FOWLS 



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so that each lot of fowls 

 may have access to a large 

 yard daily or on alternate 

 days. In every way practi- 

 cable the experienced fan- 

 cier arranges to give his 

 fowls all the advantages of 

 natural conditions, while 

 isolating them as com- 

 pletely as is necessary to 

 keep each individual in 

 perfect condition. 



Poultry farms that were 

 started as intensive market- 

 poultry or egg farms are 

 sometimes converted into 

 fancy-poultry farms. This 

 is very likely to be the case 

 if thoroughbred stock is 

 used and the owner be- 

 comes skillful as a breeder. 

 If he can breed fowls of a 

 quality to command high 

 prices, he may be able to 

 produce enough of them 

 on a small farm to make a 

 very good living, when it 

 would be very much harder, 

 or perhaps impossible, to 

 make the farm profitable 

 with ordinary stock. 



While farmers usually 

 care more for horses, cat- 

 tle, sheep, and hogs, many 



