CHAPTER XXXII 



POULTRY 



The cock, with lively din 

 Scatters the rear of darkness thin 

 And to the stack or the barn-door 

 Stoutly struts his dames before. 



MILTON. 



313. Why the Raising of Poultry is Popular. Poultry 

 production has grown to be an important industry in the 

 United States. The value of poultry products for the year 



A POULTRY PROJECT. 



1912 was estimated at $700,000,000, which is more than 

 five times the value of all the gold, silver, and iron ore 

 mined in the United States that year. More than a 

 quarter of a billion chickens and other forms of poultry 



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