PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



The testicles can be observed between the j aws of the spreader 



The Egg 



The egg is the chief end of poultry production. It is the 

 real thing in poultry culture, the goal toward which every 

 producer aspires, for it furnishes the promised reward for his 

 labors. It furnishes the ideal food for human consumption, 

 the protein so necessary, to build protoplasm, cells and tissues 

 for the human body, and the yolk of the egg is rich in vita- 

 mines, or growth principles, without which the animal 

 organism would fail to grow and maintain health. 



Many fowl and other farm animals fail to develop properly, 

 becoming emaciated and diseased, because the food supplied 

 is wanting in< these growth-producing substaiices. So it is 

 with children. If not supplied with food rich in growth 

 principles they fail to develop normally. 



So also the brain worker or manual laborer requires food 

 of this character that his physical and mental powers may 

 function normally and vigorously. Eggs, therefore, make an 

 ideal food for children and for all upon whom heavy demands 

 are made, either physical or mental. They are not appreciated 

 because they are so cheap. Like milk they provide a perfect 



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