iv FOREWORD 



go a long way toward buying groceries, or toward paying 

 some of the other regular expenses of the farm home. 



The people of to-day aro demanding vocational courses 

 in the public schools. In response to their demand, a study 

 of practical agriculture has been made a part of the school 

 work in many iStates. A very important sul)di vision of this 

 study is poultry raising. As a type study tlie subject of 

 poultry raising will be found to appeal to both boys and 

 girls, large and small, rich and poor, in town and in coun- 

 try, iforeover, it deserves a place in the school curriculum 

 because of the increasing importance of the poultry indus- 

 tries. The raising of fowls should prove a profitable voca- 

 tion for any enterprising young man or woman, as well 

 as a pleasant, remunerative '" side line " for the fanner or 

 the sulmrbanite. 



The American Poultry Association is anxious that tlie 

 boys and girls of America be given some correct and definite 

 knowledge concerning poultry raising before they start on 

 their life's work. Because so many children leave school 

 about the time they complete their elementary course, this 

 book has been prepared especially' for the use of the seventh 

 and eighth grades. It is intended to be studied in connec- 

 tion with the subject of practical agriculture. 



We hope this little volume will meet the demands of 



