THE MARKET FOR POULTRY I3 



So far as the general farmer is concerned, the 

 poultry-fattening industry is probably the most 

 important of these branches. If companies can 

 afford to buy ill-bred, ill-fed farm fowls, pay freight 

 upon them and feed them for several weeks so as 

 to weigh a pound or two more, surely the farmer 

 who does not have to pay city prices for his supplies 

 of feed can do even better. 



One of the strongest pleas for well-bred poultry 

 is made by the men engaged in the fattening busi- 

 ness. They declare that fowls of even moderate 

 breeding are always more satisfactory to fatten than 

 are mongrels, thus they emphasize what the farmer 

 already knows concerning the fattening of sheep, 

 shotes and steers. What wonder therefore, that 

 in view of these facts progressive farmers are 

 annually devoting increased attention to pure-bred 

 poultry raising for commercial purposes. 



FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARD FOWLS 



Where farmers think clearly, act promptly, keep 

 well-bred fowls for a definite purpose and give them 

 adequate attention, as reasonable attention as they 

 give their other stock, they are proving that poultry 

 is the most profitable branch of farm live stock 

 they can keep when the amount, investment of time, 

 value of feed, and other items are taken into con- 

 sideration. In proof of this, it need only be men- 

 tioned that poultry farms and even poultry districts. 

 are springing up all over the country. Upon some 

 of these farms tens of thousands of fowls are raised 

 annually for market, or thousands of dozens of eggs 

 produced yearly. In some districts, notably around 

 Petaluma, Cal., where the White Leghorn is the 



