SYSTEMS OF POULTRY FARMING 139 



POULTRY KEEPING AND DAIRYING 



A Petaluma ranch where cows and chickens use the same range. More than 

 5,00(X laying hens and three dozen Jersey cows are kept on this farm, owned by 

 T. B. Purvine. The hens' feeding troughs are fenced in from the cows, "the 

 fence," as well as houses, being portable. (Two views.) 



best use of land and secures the highest profit per head of 

 fowls kept. Where mixed husbandry poultry-keeping is 

 followed the cost of feed is comparatively low. The smaller 

 the number of fowls kept per acre the lower the food cost 

 will be. The ordinary by-products of other branches of 

 farming and the waste grains will be sufficient to keep a 

 small flock of fowls without any apparent feed cost. 



Dairying and poultry-keeping is a good combination, the 

 poultry furnishing a profitable market for the skim milk 

 or butter milk. Possibly on the grain farms poultry may 



