American Poultry Culture 



CHAPTER I 



POULTRY KEEPING AND POULTRY KEEPERS 



A* MOST every man is interested in reducing 

 the living expenses of his family. One 

 way of doing so is by keeping a small 

 flock of chickens to supply the family table with 

 eggs and meat. My own start in the poultry 

 The Family business was made with a few hens 

 Flock on a back-yard lot, and I know from 



experience that home chickens are money-savers. 



Counting the cost of feed alone, I found that we 

 could produce our own eggs and chickens at a cost 

 not to exceed one-half of that which we had been 

 accustomed to paying on the market. Situated as 

 we were, this was a decided advantage over buy- 

 ing, and this would probably hold true with every 

 case where the little time required for the care of 

 a small flock would only be utilizing that which 

 would otherwise very probably be wasted or un- 

 profitably spent. 



Does It Pay? Some people seem to have the 

 idea that their time is too valuable to look after 



