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sum to the income, if you feed and house them 

 right. And the feeding need not be much of an 

 expense, if you save the table scraps and give 

 corn, cabbage and other green stuffs, buying 

 whatever wheat and oats you can't raise. In 

 winter, change their drinking water frequently 

 and see that it is slightly warmed. If you 

 cannot provide running water, then you must 

 give them clean water many times a day all the 

 year around. 



As a matter of fact, the amount of effort ex- 

 pended is pretty closely related to the profits 

 to be derived. Whether you raise hens, ducks, 

 geese, squabs, or any of the many animals now 

 raised for profit on the home acre, you must 

 study their needs just as you must study plant 

 needs, if you are to succeed. Only by the use of 

 intelligence can you expect to reap profits, and 

 to natural intelligence must be added study. A 

 man could not expect to be a successful teacher 

 of mathematics unless he had studied all the au- 

 thorities in his special line, and kept himself in 

 touch with all the new theories as they were 

 advanced. So it is with the fanner. If he does 

 not read the papers that deal especially with his 

 calling, he cannot keep in touch with the im- 

 provements and discoveries constantly made in 

 his line. He should take in at least two 



