PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



Postscript 



Our task is finished. It is a big subject. At the best we 

 have only skirmished along the outskirts of a few fields, as yet 

 but partially explored. We have written little that is new, but 

 have drawn from practical experience wherever possible. To 

 the army of investigators who have blazed the way in many 

 fields belongs the credit for the accumulated facts pertaining 

 to the industry. We have gathered a few data with the avowed 

 object of being helpful to the farmer and the fancier. That 

 there are errors is freely admitted. Poultry writings have 

 many contradictions. Some must be in error, yet each has 

 given his contribution toward the attainment of an exact 

 science. 



A last word. What is the most important factor in the 

 poultry problem? What word expresses the condition which, 

 probably more than any other, conserves the health of the 

 flock, determines its productiveness, and contributes to the 

 profit of the industry? Is it not "cleanliness"? And next to 

 cleanliness is "exercise". 



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