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large enough, put them in a pen, having a shady run; 

 give them fresh water twice a day and all the fattening 

 food they can eat. Muscle and bone-making food for 

 this class is not required ; therefore, feed corn in various 

 forms — cooked corn, mashed corn, ground corn, whole 

 corn, warm potatoes and bread crumbs, and any kind of 

 milk. A little sugar and fat meat will help along the fat- 

 tening process, and this should be concluded as fast as 

 possible, for during these days the chicks will eat con- 

 siderable, and unless they put on flesh rapidly, there will 

 be no profit in raising them. 



There is already a fair demand for guinea fowls, espe- 

 cially in New York and other cities in the eastern part of 

 the United States, and this condition will soon obtain in 

 all leading markets if present indications count for any- 

 thing. As the demand for guinea meat increases, as a 

 substitute for game or other birds and fowls, guineas 

 ought to become a source of considerable profit to poultry 

 raisers generally. Very young birds for broilers bring 

 good prices early in the season, while the older fowls are 

 readily salable throughout the autumn and winter. In 

 recent years the varieties have been improved. The birds 

 are good rangers, and do well with comparatively little 

 care — even when young are hardy and healthy. 



The first thing to do in taking up poultry as a business 

 is to find some breed adapted to the locality, then stock 

 up with that breed and study it. Personality enters into 

 the success of the poultry industry to a large extent. A 

 man must be good-natured for one thing, and willing to 

 give his time and patience to detail work. For these 

 reasons a man who takes up this business for pleasure 

 often succeeds much better than the man who goes into 

 it for purely the money it brings him. Success in this 

 business comes slowly. It must be built up. It requires 

 patience, but when success does come, everything after 

 that is easy and the profits are good. 



