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INTRODUCTION 



SOLID FOUNDATION 

 MEANS 



LARGE 

 PROFITS 



must be borne in mind. Egg production requires one type 

 of feed, while flesh growth, or meat production, calls for a 

 different type. Successful feeding means that the rations 

 given should be abundant in amount, of a suitable character, 

 and in a form rehshed by the birds. The feed must be pala- 

 table, wholesome and 

 clean, and easily digested 

 and the mode of feeding 

 must be conducive to 

 health. Exercise is largely 

 determined by the method 

 of feeding, but plenty of 

 exercise is necessary for 

 health (Fig. 6). 



Production as Affected 

 by the Four Corner 

 Stones. — It can be truly 

 said that these four comer 

 stones are the controlling 

 factors in poultry manage- 

 ment, and that the prod- 

 uct is limited by minimum 

 efEciency, even as the 

 strength of a chain is no greater than its weakest link. Hence 

 the combination of these factors is necessary. Capable 

 poultrjTnen with good houses and good feed, but with poor 

 birds, are doomed to failure. The same is true of good 

 birds with suitable houses and feed, if they are not properly 

 cared for; and if the poultryman is not interested in his 

 work, his business will never succeed. 



SURROUNDINGS 



BIRDS 



A 



THE POULTRY KEEPER 



Fig. 6. — The foundation to poultry keeping 

 and its relation to euccesa. The stronger the 

 foundations the greater the profits will be. 



References. — United States Farmers' Bulletins: 134, Tree Planting 

 on Rural School Grounds; 185, Beautifying the Home Grounds; 218, 

 The School Garden; 562, The Organization of Boys' and Girls' Poultry 

 Clubs; 586, Collection and Preservation of Plant Material for use in 

 the Study of Agriculture; 606, Collection and Preservation of Insects 

 and Other Material for use in the Study of Agriculture, 



