GENERAL INFORMATION 
Poultry keeping is peculiar in that it is made up 
largely of details. While they may seem small and 
Importance insignificant, each plays an important 
of “Little part, and the man who thinks other- 
chines” wise can often thus account for his 
failure. One neglect or slip somewhere may easily 
counteract a dozen carefully observed requirements 
in the poultry business. For instance, a sick fowl 
left with the flock twelve hours after the first 
symptoms are noticed may be the means of causing 
an epidemic among the entire flock; foul, stagnant 
drinking water often causes disease as well as being 
a most excellent medium for its spread and dis- 
semination; injudicious, improper feeding, non- 
attention to lice and mites, and numerous other 
such “‘little”’ things usually account for most of 
the troubles, disappointments and losses in poultry 
keeping. Remember that “it is the little things 
that count.” 
By all means keep an accurate account of your 
poultry receipts and expenditures. It is a little 
The Benefits tedious sometimes, but possesses much 
of an Account the same advantages and future pleas- 
Book ures as a diary of your own life. By 
keeping a record of past experiences one may profit 
by his mistakes and successes in future operations, 
as well as tell ‘‘ where he is at” financially. Noth- 
ing elaborate is needed in the way of a poultry 
account book; any ordinary memorandum book, 
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