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which the income of the farm or village acre is 

 increased with but a trifling money outlay, and with 

 but little extra care and work. As in every other 

 branch of farm production, however, poultry always 

 responds quickly to any extra effort and thought put 

 into it, and there are hundreds of farms to-day where 

 the poultry yard yields more ready cash than any 

 other department. 



This book is small in measure ; I could have 

 doubled the size easily, but it would have been thinner 

 and not any better, at least so it seems to me, and 

 Harriet agrees. Should this be your verdict, gentle 

 reader, I shall be content. 



JACOB BIGGLE. 



Elm wood. 



