A POULTRY COMPENDIUM. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



THE poultry business is complex. It reaches out in 

 many directions, and has many aims and ends. 

 Those engaged in it, however, may be conveniently ar- 

 ranged in six classes, according to the purposes to be 

 accomplished; and the beginner should determine to which 

 class he belongs, in order to pursue his business to 

 the greatest advantage and achieve the highest success 

 in it. These classes comprise those who are engaged in: 

 I. Raising poultry for market. 

 Producing eggs for market. 



Supplying fowls and eggs for home consumption. 

 The production of superior breeding stock. 

 Experimental crossing, and the production of new 

 breeds. 



6. Keeping fowls for pets. 



A person may follow the purpose indicated in any 

 one of these classes exclusively, or he may unite two or 

 more of them, For example, a person may raise poul- 

 try and produce eggs for market, or he may devote 

 himself to one of these objects alone. Generally he suc- 

 ceeds the best, who is willing to concentrate all his ef- 



