Nectarines growing on wall. Saves space. 



CHAPTER XII. 



PROBLEM OF SOLUTION OF THE HIGH COST OF FEED 

 FOR POULTRYMEN 



NEVER before in the history of poultry-raising has there been such a 

 golden future. With no eggs in cold storage and thousands of hens 

 going to market, there is bound to be an egg shortage unheard of ever 

 before. But how are we going to carry our hens over till the grain is 

 harvested and prices of feed come down? I have been a poultryman 

 for fifteen years and have studied the feed problem from every angle, 

 and my success as an egg-farmer is evidence that I speak with assur- 

 ance. I am going to tell you the secret of my success as an egg-farmer, 

 and in it lies the salvation of the poultrymen of today. 



As I write this article, from my study window, I can look out over 

 my little poultry ranch and see thrifty rows of kale growing in the rich, 

 mellow loam, and sturdy cabbage plants spreading under the warm 

 sun, and tender, succulent alfalfa like a green sea waving in the breeze, 

 and mangel-wurzel beets spewing out of the ground, and stock carrots 

 and Essex rape and green barley; and as I gaze on this abundance of 

 nourishment growing out of the soil I have no fear of high prices of 

 grain, for I know that if the. worst comes and I am unable to get grain 

 at all, I can still carry my hens through the crisis, and the poultryman 

 with hens when grain comes back to normal will make big money. 



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