BREEDS AND BREEDING. 



985 



The lecent intro- 

 duction and general 

 use of incubators, 

 making it possible to 

 increase the supply 

 of eggs by artificial 

 production to an un- 

 limited extent, has 

 had the effect of 

 stimulating the rais- 

 ing of Poultry in 

 America to a degree 

 little appreciated by 

 the ordinary observ- 

 er or the general 

 reader. It has been 

 said that "on the 

 farm to-day Poultry 

 is King." 



At a meeting , of 



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the Farmers' Club, in the town of Bedford, N. Y., in 1886, ^he Rev. J. 

 Y. Hoyt gave the following account of an investment in poultry made 

 by him, stating at the same time that the enterprise was made 



under unfavorable circumstances ; 

 and in presenting it to our readers, 

 we may state that other cases not , 

 less striking of the great profitable- 

 . hess of poultry-raising could be 

 cited without number :— 



" 1 have kept an accurate record 

 of the receipts and expenses "of 

 my hen-yard for 1885. I begat 

 with 25 hens, representing at 75 

 cents each a plant of $18.75. Dur- 

 ing the year I sold 3,040 eggs for 

 $63.30. I set 340 eggs and got 

 from them 250 chickens. In Octo- 

 ber I sold 150 of the chickens for 

 $75. In January I sold 50 more 

 for $37.50. The 50 that are left I 

 value at $50. My expenses dur- 

 ing the year for feed, repairs, and 



Fio. 1823.— Crevecour-Hen. 



