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has had a good deal of experience writes me 

 about the new method of chicken raising as 

 follows :— " No doubt it is a valuable contribu- 

 tion to the subject of intensive cultivation of 

 poultry. It involves, however, the most in- 

 tensive and persistent labor, to which very few 

 men are willing to subject themselves, and I 

 am one of that class. I have had enough. 

 Still, I need more income, and I am thinking, 

 just a little, of Indian Runner ducks, which 

 demand cheaper buildings and less care than 

 chickens. Yet I cannot raise much enthusiasm 

 on the subject, and I shrink from the constant 

 attention to details which even they require." 



But even if you are not prepared to raise 

 fowls after this fashion, there is no reason why 

 you should not keep a few hens and raise a few 

 chickens for your own family use. If you hatch 

 in incubators, use eggs that are laid the day you 

 put them to hatch, and with good management 

 practically all of them will produce vigorous 

 chickens that can be induced to lay early, if 

 puUets, and can be fed for market, if cockerels. 



Eggs are more profitable than chickens, es- 

 pecially if you can produce them out of season, 

 and this depends upon the time of hatching, 

 the feed and care. A flock of 25 fowls will pro- 

 duce eggs and chickens enough to add a tidy 



