liable literature for the information of the poultry raisers, there has 

 been a lot of bungling work done with poultry. Some feed too soon, 

 some feed too much, some chill the chicks and some over heat them. 

 Congestion and overcrowding, poor houses, overheating, chilling, white 

 diarrhea, improper feeding, lice, mites and inherited weakness are 

 the rocks upon which many a poultry plant has been wrecked, and 

 the poultryman been robbed of the splendid profits which belonged 

 to him. 



It is the purpose of this book to safely guide the farmer and 

 poultryman over as many of these obstacles as we can, and if pos- 

 sible, to insure his success. 



WELL SAID. 



"Luck means rising at six in the morning, living on a dollar a 

 day if you earn two, minding your own hens and not meddling with 

 other peoples' business. Luck means water vessels that you have 

 never let get dry, brooder lamps that you have never failed to keep 

 burning. Luck means growing hens to early maturity and making 

 them lay laying because they must, giving because they cannot 

 keep, singing for the joy of it." R. C. Lawry. 



THE ESSENTIALS TO SUCCESS. 



The essentials to success in the poultry business are : 



1. Good stock. 4. Good care. 



2. Good houses. 5. Good market. 



3. Good feed. 6. Good common sense. 

 Good stock, with a strong constitution and properly bred. Good 



houses, properly located, sensibly designed and conveniently arranged. 

 Good feeds, skillfully fed and properly balanced. Good care, a will- 

 ingness to work, and the ability to hatch and rear chicks. Good mar- 

 kets, and the business ability to get results. Study the suggestions 

 offered in this book, make observations in your own flock, and if 

 there is any one thing which we wish to lay stress upon more than 

 another, it is the fact that you must keep your houses and premises 

 absolutely clean, and provide plenty of fresh air, pure water and 

 feed, and an abundance of exercise. Failure will come to some of us 

 in spite of all we can do, yet if you follow the suggestions offered, 

 and use a reasonable amount of care and common sense, we fell sure 

 you will be pleased with your work in the poultry yard and the re- 

 turns from the same. 



THE LOCATION AND ESSENTIALS OF A POULTRY FARM. 



(Prof. H. L. Kempster, Columbia, Mo., in Michigan Agr. College Bulletin No. 266.) 



Convenience of location and arrangement is essential to economy 

 of time in care and management. Many chicken troubles may be 

 traced to the selection of an unsuitable' site or soil not adapted to 



