CHAPTER XIII 

 POULTRY 



Arguments for poultry raising as a school study. There 

 is no phase of agriculture that interests and directly concerns 

 so large a proportion of people in any community as poultry. 

 We find poultry on practically every farm in the country 

 and, to a large extent, in the towns and cities. 



Poultry raising requires very little capital, very little area, 

 and one does not have to wait long for profits. A large num- 



FIG. 30. A GOOD TYPE OF HEN 



her of chickens may be raised in the same period of time 

 it takes to grow a crop of corn. The products, both meat and 

 eggs, are always in demand and in season the year round. 



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