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These figures tell us of the immense labor bestowed on this 

 single interest. This result would be increased if greater care 

 and skill were given to the work. When we enter this field 

 of labor a thousand problems are given us to solve : commenc- 

 ing with the egg, that is a great mystery. As soon as the chick 

 sees the light it is subject to diseases and perils which baffle 

 our skill. They are often left to chance, and the mortality is 

 so great it insures a certain and constant demand for the survi- 

 vors.- Have you a cow or horse to sell there are few buj'ers ; 

 but always the demand for eggs and chickens continues. 

 Nowhere on the farm does the attention to small things pay 

 better than in the poultry yard, and nowhere does neglect prove 

 a surer loss. See then that the chicks have a good start. Keep 

 them free from lice and rats. Exposure to cold causes roup, 

 which is catarrh and consumption in its final result. As with 

 the human race, so many of these diseases are avoided in the 

 poultry yard by care and humane treatment. Our method has 

 been to give the young chicks cooked food, — oat meal and 

 cracked wheat are excellent ; later, cracked corn, and milk. As 

 the chick matures, and is ready to give you eggs, change the 

 treatment to greater variety ; go over the roosts with kerosene — 

 it is sure death to the vermin. The return will be a certain profit" 

 A schoolmate of the writer raised last season a thousand 

 chickens. A portion of these were sold, and the remainder are 

 now, November twentieth, ready to give eggs which are in 

 demand at thirty-two dents per dozen. They will be in demand 

 for a few weeks and then that for chickens commences again. 

 All through the panic, this industry was good. The farmer, not 

 able to engage in the harder work of the farm, could, do this 

 and be at home all the time. Let no one undertake this busi- 

 ness without the love or aptitude for the work. They will be 

 likely to fail. 



