CHAPTER LIII 



START THE BOYS 



WHY not interest the boys in poultry raising ? Why 

 not give them some interesting work, which will 

 assist materially in reducing the high cost of living, 

 and educate them in a practical way ? 



Most every boy has leisure hours every day, 

 which could be utilized to good advantage not alone 

 for his parents' sake but for his own. Give the 

 boy some pleasant occupation, and in nine cases out 

 of every ten he will grow up to be a good boy and 

 develop into an industrious, bright business man. 



No other vocation offers as many opportunities 

 along this line as poultry raising. 



There is lots of pleasure in poultry keeping; it 

 has a fascination not to be found in other lines, and 

 it offers the boy an opportunity to make money 

 without interfering with his studies. It will give 

 him exercise in a natural way, plenty of fresh air, 

 and relieve his mind from his daily studies. 



Poultry keeping in a small way is not what 

 might be termed hard work, and yet it is work 

 that must be done systematically, carefully, and dili- 

 gently. The experiences gained in this way will 

 greatly benefit the boy in his future career, even 

 though another field of endeavor is chosen in after 



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