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more or less, in keeping the yards or land in proper 

 condition for maintaining the health and vigor of 

 the fowls. This raises another point. Soil varies 

 and the climate varies to such an extent that fifty 

 might be a safe limit in one case and 100 in another. 

 More than fifty fowls an acre on certain soil and in, 

 certain climates might require intensive methods, 

 while 200 per acre on other soil and under other 

 climatic conditions might not require any very 

 intensive culture. 



"The nature of the soil and the climate must 

 be considered. An open, porous, well drained soil 

 is more favorable for intensive poultry culture than 

 a heavy clay soil. That is, 100 fowls might be 

 kept on an open porous soil with less danger from 

 soil contamination than fifty on a heavy clay soil. 

 So it cannot be stated definitely that a certain 

 number of fowls per acre within certain limits 

 means either extensive or intensive culture. This 

 fact should be borne in mind in reading the account 

 I shall give of some intensive poultry farms. 



"On one farm the total egg yield for 1909 was 

 86,519. The yield for the following year up to 

 Oct. I was 90,870. The total receipts for the 

 first year were $6,493.41 ; the last year until Oct. 

 i> $5,235.48. The statement showed that the 

 receipts for eggs and poultry and the receipts for 

 breeding stock and eggs for hatching were about 

 equal. The flock was bred along utility lines, but 



