NOTE. 



THIS pamphlet is intended as a handy guide for farmers and others in 

 practical methods of poultry-keeping. It is only in recent years that 

 much attention has been given in New Zealand to poultry-rearing on 

 a large scale, and it is not always recognised that a good deal of know- 

 ledge, as well as industry, is required to insure success. It is the desire 

 of the writer to supply this knowledge and prevent beginners from 

 falling into the mistakes which are often made and from spending money 

 unnecessarily. Since the work of instruction was undertaken by the 

 Government there has been a great improvement in the class of poultry 

 kept by farmers, in the methods practised, and in the production of 

 table-poultry and eggs. There is room for much further improvement, 

 and in this direction the officers of the Poultry Division of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture are always willing to assist with information and 

 advice. 



The results will depend, as in all business undertakings, upon the 

 skill, industry, and business capacity of those engaged in it. With 

 good management poultry-keeping will give steady cash returns at an 

 early period after embarking in the enterprise, and no other class of 

 stock will give so much profit on the capital invested as poultry will. 

 Poultry-keeping should go hand-in-hand with dairying, also with fruit- 

 growing and bee-culture. In addition to their direct profit, poultry are 

 valuable on the farm in enriching the soil or restoring impoverished 

 soil to a fertile condition ; in the orchard they search for and devour 

 insects of all kinds, and not a grub will escape them. 



Poultry-keeping is full of details : attend to these and success will 

 follow. 



D. D. HYDE, 

 January, 1908. Chief Poultry Expert 



