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heat. This does away with all danger from fire 

 and over-heating, and gives the chickens a vig- 

 orous constitution that will enable them to with- 

 stand all the ills to which chickens are liable. 



These suggestions are not given as great dis- 

 coveries, but they are a brief summary of the 

 practical points of chicken raising, and are all 

 workable. Some of them are given by the Rev. 

 W. W. Cox, as the results of years of personal 

 experience in the business. He is now making 

 a specialty of raising White Orpingtons, and is 

 brooding out of doors, with success. 



There are many branches of the " chicken- 

 tree," the more important ones being breeding 

 stock, or fancy poultry; egg farming, broiler 

 farming and roaster growing. Running a pub- 

 lic hatchery, and selling day-old chicks, is the 

 latest development, and is indeed so intensive 

 that it links manufacture to farming, for the 

 building site is the only ground required. 

 These branches are recommended to the inex- 

 perienced poultryman in the following order: — 

 1st, Egg farming; 2d, roaster growing; 3d, fancy 

 poultry; 4th, broiler production. 



Egg farming, properly conducted, is profit- 

 ble in almost any locality. Roaster farming 

 has proved a great success near Boston, but 

 has not been largely introduced into other 



