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PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION 



Virginia will be better than sections in southern 

 New Jersey because of the lower freight rate on 

 grain from the West, and because of the through 

 traffic from Norfolk, either by steamer or by rail, via 

 the Chesapeake peninsula. The same remark will 

 apply to the Chesapeake peninsula in a less degree; 

 stations on the main line of railway being prefer- 

 able to those on branches of the road, but there is 

 no reason why in the territory under discussion, 

 practically everything should not be raised on the 

 farm or in the immediate locality. Indeed, it is 

 highly desirable to make the farm produce every- 



SYSTEil OF WATERING 



Pipe a carries water to cups c, d. 1; outlet at k. In cold 

 weather coclc is turned to drain system at k. 



thing that the poultry will need, in order to work 

 over the crude products into the higher-grade ma- 

 terials, such as flesh and eggs. Delaware, Virginia, 

 southern Maryland and southern New Jersey are 

 admirably adapted for this kind of thing. Very 

 mild climate also favors poultry raising because 

 with only ordinary shelter the fowls can be housed 

 throughout the j^ear, and for almost all the year 

 can secure a considerable amount of their feed at 

 range. In eastern Virginia, there is scarcely a 

 stretch of a full week throughout the year when the 



