FOREWORD. 



In this little book I shall talk to 

 you, so far as possible, the same as I 

 would do if you could drop into my 

 office from time to time. I assume 

 that you are a novice, a beginner, in 

 poultry culture. Therefore if this 

 book falls into the hands of an old 

 breeder he will probably cry out that 

 he finds very little that is new be- 

 tween its covers. Well, what of it? 

 I am not writing for Experience. I 

 am writing for Inexperience. The 

 old breeder can shift for himself. The 

 beginner needs help. And so, if I 

 save one lone reader from loss — from, 

 discouragement — / shall feel that I 

 have not labored in vain, and that 

 captious critics, if they appear, may 

 all go hang! 



Fraternally, yours, 



THE AUTHOR. 



