IN QTTANTITY, FOE MARKET. 55 



get out of trim. When ill, first ascertain what is the matter with them. Then give them 

 the right kind of treatment to cure their ailment, j 



THUtTEKSTH. —In making your first purchases of cither eggs, chicks or fowls — if you 

 are in search of the best of any given variety, go to head-quarters for what you desire. 

 You will have to pay a little more for your original stock, perhaps, to begin with. You 

 thus obtain good birds, or reliable eggs for incubation ; and these will always give you 

 the best satisfaction. 



FouRTEESTH. — If you prefer "crossed" fowls, and are ambitious to own only such as 

 »fe suitable for marketing purposes, or as common layers, there is no necessity to pay 

 "fancy" prices for them. There are plenty of this stock to be liad at moderate rates, 

 and for the uses above indicated, these are quite as profitable as any. 



Fifteenth. — Whatever you commence with, provide your stock with comfortable 

 quarters ; feed them judiciously, and regularly ; keep your premises cleanly, and afford 

 the fowls good ventilation when housed ; let them have clean water for drink, and sound 

 grain for food; keep them free from vermin, and "doctor" them only when they need 

 such service. Thus you may succeed in your wishes, and thus only can domestic f owb 

 be bred or kept to advantage. 



These brief directions will help the amateur to hatch, keep, and rear good chickens 

 advantageously, economically, and satisfactorily. It is easy to do this in the right way. 

 It will not prove profitable if attempted carelessly, and conducted negligently. ,._ 



It should be understood that when well done, no live stock pays so well, in prclfNUqit ' 

 to the outlay required, as does poultry — whether it be cultivated as fancy stock or for ibr 

 marketable product in eggs and chickens. But, like any other business undertaking, thn 

 requires attention, and the exercise of judgment, to render it successful and profitsbls. 



We submit the advice contained in this little volume to those who. may feel a desire to 

 embark in fowl-raising, with some confidence — since we have succeeded fairly, ourself, 

 through such practice. And this brings us for the present to the £bd.. 



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