CHAPTER XXIV 



INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE POULTRY FARMING 



PROF. JAMES DRYDEN of the department of poultry 

 husbandry, Oregon Agricultural College and Experi- 

 ment Station, has this to say on extensive and 

 intensive poultry culture: 



"It is possible for a family to make a living 

 on a city lot from a dozen hens if the family tastes 

 are not extravagant, and, again, if big enough 

 prices are secured for the eggs laid by the hens. 

 We must consider the prices. There should be 

 breeding farms in all sections of the country if our 

 stock of fowls is to be improved, and there should 

 be in every community or country men and women 

 who give their special attention to the production 

 of improved strains of fowls, whether the point to 

 aim at is eggs or show points. 



"There are many different systems of poultry 

 farming, and in speaking of profits the distinction 

 should be kept in mind. There are possibilities of 

 profit in farms in which profits are added to by 

 selling at least part of the product for breeding 

 purposes at high prices. If a man makes a living 

 on a city lot it does not mean that he made it by 

 selling his eggs and poultry at ordinary market 

 prices. 



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