AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



and a door is all that is necessary, so far as the 

 construction of the house itself is concerned, 

 while the only interior fixtures that will necessarily 

 cost any money are the roosts and nests. It is 

 a very good plan to cover the exterior of such a 

 house with roofing paper, as this makes it mate- 

 rially warmer and more comfortable during the 

 cold winter weather. 



Size of Flock Required. The number of fowls 

 necessary to keep a family supplied with poultry 

 and eggs depends upon the size of the family and 

 upon their appetites for poultry products. As a 

 usual thing, a dozen hens are sufficient for a family 

 of four or five persons. From seventy-five to one 

 hundred eggs a year from each hen is what may 

 safely be expected by the novice with regard to 

 the egg production of his flock. 



What It Costs to Feed a Hen. One dollar a 

 year per hen is the usual estimate of the cost of 

 maintenance. Where all feed has to be purchased 

 this figure is probably a little too low, but where 

 use can be made of waste materials the expenses 

 certainly should not exceed this figure. 



As a business proposition, poultry keeping offers 

 excellent inducements to ambitious beginners; in 

 Poultry fact, there is money, pleasure and 



Keeping as a health in a properly managed and 

 well-established poultry farm, but, 

 like Rome, it can not be built in a day. 



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