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poultry cannot be out of doors. The same is true 

 of the lower part of the Chesapeake peninsula and 

 of coastal New Jersey. 



No matter where one locates, he should own the 

 land and buildings upon which he works. He 

 should never rent land or buildings, because when 

 he wishes to move he would be at more or less 

 expense or else be obliged to leave his buildings 

 behind. Buildings are never improved by moving. 

 It is better to buy five or ten acres at the start and 

 to combine other branches of farming until the 

 poultry pays sufficient by itself to warrant exten- 

 sion. Truck and berry growing go well with poul- 

 try ; so do large fruits, but these, of course, re- 

 quire much longer time to reach profitable age. 



SITUATION 



The great majority of readers of this book are 

 already situated on farms or in villages and will, 

 therefore, be more interested in the solving of their 

 own poultry problems than in searching for new 

 localities. They will want to know where best to 

 place them so as to get the largest returns from 

 their fowls. There is no question that some situ- 

 ations, soils, exposures, etc., please fowls better 

 than others, and some which are more favorable to 

 the poultryman as well on account of convenience, 

 but nothing need prevent fowls from paying well 

 in situations not ideal. Fowls can easily be man- 

 aged just as other domestic animals are under even 

 wide differences both of soil and cHmate. 



Some breeds differ more than others in adapt- 

 ability but the poultryman, as a rule, holds the 

 key of the situation on farms and villages offer- 



