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2; The invcstnKMit of funds, if i)roperly made, jaelds 

 prompt and reasonable returns. 



3. For starting in the business a small area of land is 

 sufiieient, and a location may be selected where the land is 

 not high in price. 



4. Dressed foAvls and eggs are favorite foods of the people, 

 and as such are in constant demand, at fair prices. 



5. The demand for })()ultr3" })i'oducts is increasing, because 

 of the advancing prices of meats of all kinds and the gradual 

 diminishing of the su})plies of wild fowls and other game. 

 Furthermore, new and special uses for poultry products, 

 especially eggs, are arising and extending. 



(). The products of poultry keeping are concentrated and 

 valuable, though perishable. They can stand considerable 

 expense for prompt transportation in fresh condition to 

 desirable customers. They are salable for cash. There is 

 little if any waste. 



7. The fowls utilize much of the wastes of the household 

 and farm, and turn them quickly into products of value. 



8. Poultry properly managed enrich and benefit the farm, 

 garden and orchard. 



9. Poultry keeping may be advantageously combined with 

 or added to other occupations, 



10. The industrj^ is a healthy one, and yields to intelli- 

 gent, interested, earnest labor a suitable return of profit and 

 pleasure. 



In addition to the statistics already given, emphatic indi- 

 cation of the importance of poultr^^ is found in the quantities 

 of dressed fowls and eggs for sale in the stores, stalls and 

 markets of the cities, towns and villages of the State and 

 nation. 



Further evidence is given by the large and increasing busi- 

 ness done by express companies, railroads, steamboats and 

 other carriers in the transportation of poultry products. 

 Modern methods of rapid transportation have revolutionized 

 poultry keeping as an industry. The supply is no longer 

 limited to the local demand ; it has vastly increased, and the 

 surplus is sent to more or less distant consuming centres, to 

 the evident advantage of producer, carrier and consumer. 

 There is no further danger of a 2:lut in the market; cold 



