16 POULTRY-CRAFT. 
few hens. It is a well established fact, that an interest, as care-taker, in 
domestic animals, and particularly the smaller and weaker ones, helps to 
develop a humane character. Fowls can be kept where other domestic 
animals could not. The ownership of a flock of fowls gives the young 
poultryman opportunities to take some very practical lessons, but if the work 
is to have the best effect, parents should take interest enough in it and in 
poultry in general to fit them to act as guides and adviscrs. 
RNS. 
