American Poultry Culture 
CHAPTER I 
POULTRY KEEPING AND POULTRY KEEPERS 
\ LMOST every man is interested in reducing 
the living expenses of his family. One 
way of doing so is by keeping a small 
flock of chickens to supply the family table with 
eggs and meat. My own start in the poultry 
The Family business was made with a few hens 
Flock on a back-yard lot, and I know from 
experience that home chickens are money-savers. 
Counting the cost of feed alone, I found that we 
could produce our own eggs and chickens at a cost 
not to exceed one-half of that which we had been 
accustomed to paying on the market. Situated as 
we were, this was a decided advantage over buy- 
ing, and this would probably hold true with every 
case where the little time required for the care of 
a small flock would only be utilizing that which 
would otherwise very probably be wasted or un- 
profitably spent. 
Does It Pay? Some people seem to have the 
idea that their time is too valuable to look after 
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