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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



gate production during the year is great and of considerable 

 value. In the main such flocks are kept for the production 

 of eggs and an occasional fowl for home consumption. This 

 phase of poultry production has developed as the result 

 of its great economic value, for not only are fresh eggs avail- 

 able for home use, but in the production of such eggs much 

 of the otherwise wasted table scraps can be utilized, when 

 supplemented with suitable poultry feeds. 



The poultry breeder. The growth and development of 

 each of these three important branches of poultry keeping, 

 that is, farm poultry, commercial poultry plants, and back- 

 yard flocks, have been made possible to a great extent by 

 the persistent and untiring efforts of still another factor 

 of the industry, namely, the poultry breeder.. This class, 

 while small as compared with those engaged in the other 

 three branches, has been responsible for our present-day 



Figure 8. — An intensive poultry breeding plant. 



standard-bred poultry, which is the foundation of the indus- 

 try. In this phase of '":v.^_try keeping the principal source 

 of revenue is derived from the sale of breeding stock and 

 eggs for hatching. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What was the total value of poultry and eggs produced in 

 the United States iu 1910? 



