WHAT IS THE IJEST PAYING CROP ON THE 



FARM? 



VVliose farm? Not yours, which may be of the stuff of 

 wliich garden sass is made. Not your neighbor's, whose 

 orchard land is the envy of the pas'ser-by ; nor yet the 

 corn hind, nor the onion land, nor the berry land. Because 

 the wise farmer learns on each of these farms what is his 

 sure crop, and then keeps within his limitations. 



But the best crop for the average farmer, on the com- 

 posite faim ? 



What is the crop that does not call for 3'ear8 of waiting, 

 nor a fortune in starting ? What is the crop that is prac- 

 tically independent of drouth or flood, early or late sea- 

 sons, sandy or heavy soil, grass shortage, or orchard fail- 

 ure ? Only one crop is sure in spite of these and a score 

 of other vicissitudes of climate, market, or hired lielp. 

 And this crop is poultry. 



Poultry pays I It even pays with slovenly methods ; 

 but with care, system and perseverance, it is the crop of 

 all others that never wholly fails, that pays dividends 

 every year, and every month in the year. 



Drouths may threaten and materialize, but there is 

 always water enough for the poultr}', if the keeper will 

 but keep it ever in the pen, clean and fresh. Late springs 

 retard, but never ruin ; early frosts nip, but not the well- 

 housed pullets. 



There is never an over-production one year and barren- 

 ness two years following. Potato rot and canker worm 

 sound but as echoes to the poultry keeper. The pastures 

 dry up and the maggot eats the onions; but surely and 

 steadily the chicken crop comes to maturity, and the egg 

 basket is filled, if the farmer attends to them. 



No royal road leads to success, and luck never chases 

 after the man who turns his chicks loose in the summer 



