WAR-TIME FOREWORD 



SINCE poultry raising has been put to the coun- 

 try in the light of a patriotic duty, thousands 

 of people who have never before considered 

 work of this kind are now keeping or planning to 

 keep a small flock of hens to aid in overcoming the 

 shortage of food supplies with which the country 

 is threatened. 



It is important that the very best results be 

 obtained from these new flocks. If the birds are 

 fed grain and garden produce, without giving an 

 adequate return, nothing will have been accom- 

 plished. We must reckon with the fact that hens 

 are not profitable unless they are given proper care. 

 This is always true, of course, but more than usually 

 significant now. 



Many of the conventional methods followed in 

 poultry keeping must be discarded at -the present 

 time. Ordinary feeding formulas are out of the 

 question, owing to the scarcity of wheat. One 

 important point which has been brought out by 

 war-time conditions is the fact that poultry thrive 



