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storage and exportation take care of any teni[)orary excess 

 of production. Poultry farming, although a j^oung industry 

 as yet, employs a host of collectors, carriers and distributors 

 in preparing and delivering its products to consumers. It 

 should also be remembered that probably one-half of the 

 total production is consumed in the households of the pro- 

 ducers. 



An emphatic indication of the importance of the poultry 

 business is shown in the extensive advertisements of indus- 

 tries which are de})endent upon poultry keepers for trade. 

 Examples of these allied industries are the manufactories of 

 incubators, brooders, bone-cutters, cranmiing machines, poul- 

 try fences, roofing and sheathing papers, special poultry 

 feeds, portable poultry houses and poultry appliances. 



Among the most striking evidences of the popularity of the 

 keeping of pure-bred poultry are the numerous, worthy and 

 well-patronized poultry papers, and the many attractive and 

 well-attended poultry exhibitions, of which Massachusetts 

 furnishes fine samples. 



Foundation Factors. 



In preparing for the practice of profitable, progressive 

 poultry culture, the beginner must study the principles 

 involved in their application to the solution of his particular 

 problem. The foundation factors of the poultry business 

 are those of any and every other business, — land, labor, 

 capital, brains. The proper use of these factors by the 

 poultry man who is personally adapted to his business will 

 result in progress and profit. Common sense, wise expendi- 

 ture and econoni}', preventing leaks and disease, stopping 

 wastes before they begin, persistent and energetic effort 

 according to a well-defined system, will bring success and 

 profit in poultry. Several pa-actical points conmiand atten- 

 tion. 



Location. 



Soil. — The ideal land for a })oultry farm is sandy loam, 

 which is naturally well drained and yet capable of producing 

 good crops of grass, clover, cabbagc^s and mangolds for green 

 food, and of corn, wheat and oats for grain food, and Canada 



