430 AGRICULTURE 



Low cost of feeding poultry. A fair-sized flock of 

 poultry can be kept on the farm with but little expense for 

 feed. This is because fowl will gather up the greater part 

 of their living from material that would otherwise be wasted. 

 Scattered grain from the feed lots ; undigested grain from 

 farm animals ; weed and grass seeds ; grass and various 



A year's product of an average hen and a good hen. The 

 average hen laid 75 eggs, the good hen 223 eggs. 



green plants about the barn lots, worms, bugs, grasshoppers 

 and other insect pests form a large part of the diet of farm 

 poultry during most of the year. 



The labor of caring for poultry is light. The labor 

 connected with poultry raising is much lighter than with 

 other farm animals. Much of the work is suited to the 

 strength and interest of children, and gives the training in 

 responsibility which every child needs. With a little over- 

 sight, children from ten to eighteen years can successfully 

 take almost entire charge of poultry raising and make it 



