BREEDS OF CHICKENS 9! 



purposes Bantams are bred down as small as possible, 

 matured male specimens weighing only twenty-six to 

 thirty ounces, and even less. 



The well-fed pullet is an early layer. 



The swill barrel may become a chicken trap unless provided 

 <with a lid. 



The wagon house makes a poor hennery. The cow shed and 

 sheep pen are little better. 



To break up a broody hen, shut her in the coop the first night 

 you find her on the nest. The longer she sits the more " set " in 

 her way? she becomes. 



Chain the dog in the poultry yard at night. Prowlers will 

 catch his scent and keep away. 



Darkened nests will do much toward preventing the egg- 

 eating habit. Use plenty of China nest-eggs. L,et a few lie on 

 the floor. 



A good scarecrow, scarehawk and scarecat is a good gun in 

 the hands of a good marksman. 



Set the fodder cutter and crusher to cut fine, and run an arm- 

 ful of cornstalks through it. Scatter a bushel basketful every 

 day on the floor of the poultry house. 



Take the crabbed rooster out of the breeding pen. 



Work is the main factor in successful poultry raising. 



Kindness will work wonders among the fowls. Treat them 

 kindly in all ways and they will appreciate it. 



Utility is the science and beauty the art of poultry keeping. 



Study your subject and throw your heart in your work, and 

 success will attend you. 



No need of fixing up some excuse for your neglect of work. 

 Better not neglect it and have no need of excuses. 



Many a success in life has been traced to a right beginning. 

 Many a failure was caused by a wrong start. 



The poultry business is not adapted to sluggards. 



Side-track care means a switched-off profit with poultry. 



Poultry culture is made up of a chain of little things, one 

 link out ol place makes a bad kink in the whole chain. 



Poultry keeping is not a get-rich-quick business. It is real 

 business, requiring careful attention and patience that can wait 

 for results. 



More than one-half the failures that occur among those who 

 undertake the poultry business are brought about from the 

 want of a definite aim at the outset. 



