PREFACE 



EVERYBODY should be interested in a proposition 

 which offers to the man or woman with limited 

 means a chance to produce an article of food at a 

 cost far below the market price, and, as a rule, of 

 superior quality. The greater number of people are 

 progressive enough not to let such opportunities pass 

 by unheeded, and they are bound to take advantage 

 of the opportunities possible in poultry raising. 

 What other article of food which can be produced 

 in a limited space offers as many varied forms of 

 use as eggs? Eggs can take the place of meat, in 

 fact, they are mo re "healthful, and just as nourishing. 

 It is a food that is recommended for the weak and 

 the strong, for the workers and the invalids, for the 

 old and the young, and for every one at all times 

 and in every clime. 



When one takes into consideration the limited 

 space and capital necessary to equip a plant suffi- 

 ciently large to supply the largest family with fresh 

 eggs the year around, one cannot help but feel that 

 the keeping of poultry should appeal forcibly to 

 every one who has the opportunity. True, some are 

 so situated that the keeping of poultry is impossible, 

 but these are much in the minority. Even people 

 living in flats, in large cities, very often have some 



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