POULTRY DEPARTMENT. 



How to Make Poultry Keeping Profitable. 



A. CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS BREEDS 



WITH THEIR SPECIAE ADVANTAGES AND 



DISADVANTAGES. 



^OUIyTRY is raised to a greater or less extent on every farm, and 

 whether they are kept for special profit or only for family use, 

 they should be cared for and thoroughly managed, as well as 

 other departments of the farm, so that whether few or many, a 

 profit may result from the investment of time and money. 



The farmer has the advantage of plenty of room for his poultry, food 

 for them at first cost, and in return, by grafting this upon his other 

 work without any great extra expense, receives, if he does not care to 

 sell in the market, plenty of eggs for family use, choice young poultry 

 for his table, and a compost to enrich his soil. 



If the poultry is raised for profit the farmer has the means of getting 

 his produce to market at once, and can contract with hotels and private 

 families, who want only good ' 'fresh-laid eggs. ' ' But this business, like 

 every other kind, to be really successful, requires thought, attention, 

 care, and intelligence, and when these are exercised under proper condi- 

 tions, there is sure to be "money in it." 



Nature's laws are to be respected if success is to follow. Fowls, when 

 wild, live entirely in the open air, having perfect freedom, and the 

 farmer with his land may approach this condition as far as it is necessary. 



