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PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION 



of poultry raising, are the extended period of in- 

 cubation and brooding, which permits the expense 

 for eggs to be distributed over a longer season. 

 Thus a grower may have five to eight hatches be- 

 tween October i and April 15. He will thus re- 

 quire a much smaller number of incubators to hatch 

 out a flock of profitable size than if he were raising 



COOP FOR BROODIES 



Slatted bottom and fresh air dampen broody ardor Pegs 

 In front for feed pan. 



broilers during the winter. He can also keep suf- 

 ficient hens to supply his own machines, a thing 

 he cannot do were he raising broilers, unless he 

 employed an unprofitable amount of assistance. 



Whether this system will pay in other sections 

 of the country cannot be stated positively, but in 

 all probability where there is a large market such 

 as New York, Philadelphia or Chicago, there should 

 be good opportunities in this direction. The busi- 

 ness as managed in Massachusetts is in a certain 



