THE POULTRYMAN'S GUIDE, 



CHAPTER I. 



THE POULTRY INDUSTRY. 



The American hen, the little domestic feathered creature, whose 

 cackling song of the morning hours is the sweetest music of inspira- 

 tion that reaches the ears of millions of housewives, is the queen of 

 American farmyards. From her product the housewife enhances her 

 bank account. 



The time is past when everyone who manifests a liking for poultry 

 is considered and called a "crank." The farmer who brings a big 

 basket of fresh eggs to market, or the poultryman who is succeeding 

 and is surrounded by a great flock of beautiful birds is now looked 

 upon with envy. The extent and import- 

 ance of the industry is now recognized by 

 practically everyone, and the government 

 agricultural reports estimate the total 

 poultry product of the United States to 

 be nearly $700,000,000. Whether you 

 raise poultry for profit or pleasure, you 

 need not feel ashamed of the business. 



The modest little hen, to a great ex- 

 tent neglected and left to hustle for her- 

 self in the past has, at last, won the ad- 

 miration and attracted the attention of 



the World. A thing of beauty. 



Because we have had no scientific study made of the poultry 

 business until comparatively recent years, and because no effort has 

 been made by state or nation until the last few years to distribute re- 



150 eggs. 



What the average hen should' do and 

 will do if the suggestions made in this 

 "Poultryman's Guide" are put into prac- 

 tice, year after year. 



50 

 What the average hen does. 



