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well for a few years and then disease invades and dis- 

 aster comes, and the farmer arrives at the conclusion 

 that there is no profit in chickens. 



The size of the flock should be regulated by the 

 circumstances surrounding each case. Large stock 

 firms where large quantities of grain are used, where 

 there is plenty of grass, numerous shelter-sheds and 

 no truck gardens near the house, furnish favorable 

 conditions for keeping a large flock with profit. 



Dairy farms, 

 also, where 

 grass and 

 skim - milk are avail- 

 able, will support eco- 

 nomically a big flock of lay- 

 ^ ing hens or grow capons of 

 good quality. One who follows 

 trucking or small fruit growing 

 must limit his flocks 

 or confine them in 

 yards during the grow- 

 ing and fruiting season, 

 which adds to the ex- 

 pense and care. If 

 PETER TUMBLEDOWN'S POULTRY properly managed the 



expense and care will 



be repaid, because on such farms there is a con- 

 siderable offal that can be utilized for poultry food. 

 Too little care is given by the average farmer to 

 the breeding of his flock. The quickest way to raise 

 the standard of such a flock with little expense is to 

 cull out and sell old, broken down, scrubby and infer- 



