" Does Poultry-keeping pay ?" 1% 



that is the kernel of the whole matter, at least bo far as 

 many persons are concerned, though we think rich folks who 

 only wish to supply their own table make too much of it. 

 They are willing to grow fruit, vegetables, and flowers, 

 often at double what they could be bought for, and never 

 grumble at the cost, and if they like to expend money on 

 grand houses and runs, or on high-bred stock, they should 

 not complain of what their eggs and chickens may cost. But 

 to others we would say, "Yes, poultry will pay, if properly 

 managed." Cottagers and private persons can generally 

 half feed the birds by what is left from their own tables, 

 and as an illustration of this, we know a gentleman who 

 at one time was always grumbling at the cost of his wife's 

 fowls, declaring that they did not pay. To prove this an 

 account was kept during the next year, when it was found 

 that the eggs cost actually only one cent each all the year 

 through. Then as to farmers, we know a farmer who 

 makes an annual profit of $500 out of his fowls, and his 

 stock is by no means a large one, but he has been content 

 to make his profit, and say nothing to any one. Every- 

 where there ii a constant demand for the produce, and 

 there can be no question that poultry-keeping does pay, 

 and pay well, where it is managed in a common-sense 

 manner. 



We may here mention that it is a most desirable thing 

 in all places where the poultry-keeping is regarded as a 

 business, to keep a strict account of all expenditure and 

 income, and of the produce of the fowls. It is a very wise 

 thing for all poultry-keepers to do, even if they only have 

 half-a-dozen birds for the sake of their eggs ; but when it 

 is a question of profit, then we regard such an account 

 as absolutely necessary, not only as a satisfaction to the 

 owner, but also as a means of checking expenditure and 



