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Branches of the Poultry Business 



Only four kinds of poultry have been found 

 widely profitable for market purposes ; namely, 

 chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. The only 

 other two kinds that occasionally come to market 

 from the farm are pigeons and guinea fowls, but 

 these in such relatively small numbers that they 

 can scarcely be compared with the first four. The 

 only way all these, except chickens and ducks, reach 



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SALE HOME USE 



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MARKET HATCHJNS 



DAY OLD CHICKS 



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COCKERELS PULLETS 



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SOUAB BROILERS ROASTERS CAPONS LAYERS ROASTERS BROILERS SOUAB 



BROILERS I I BROILERS 



BREEDERS 



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SALE HOME TLOCK 



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BRANCHES OF POULTRY RAISING 



the market is in the live or the dressed form. Doubt- 

 less the eggs of all may be used on home tables. 

 Duck eggs may also find a market in some localities, 

 but there is in America no important demand for 

 the eggs of any of them. Day old ducklings, 

 goslings and turkeys may reach some special cus- 

 tomer, but such instances are so rare as scarcely to 

 deserve mention. All classes may, of course, find 



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