oa THE POULTRY 
has had a good deal of experience writes me 
about the new method of chicken raising as 
follows :—“ No doubt it is a valuable contribu- 
tion to the subject of intensive cultivation of 
poultry. It involves, however, the most in- 
tensive and persistent labor, to which very few 
men are willing to subject themselves, and I 
am one of that class. I have had enough. 
Still, I need more income, and I am thinking, 
just a little, of Indian Runner ducks, which 
demand cheaper buildings and less care than 
chickens. Yet I cannot raise much enthusiasm 
on the subject, and I shrink from the constant 
attention to details which even they require.” 
But even if you are not prepared to raise 
fowls after this fashion, there is no reason why 
you should not keep a few hens and raise a few 
chickens for your own family use. If you hatch 
in incubators, use eggs that are laid the day you 
put them to hatch, and with good management 
practically all of them will produce vigorous 
chickens that can be induced to lay early, if 
pullets, and can be fed for market, if cockerels. 
Eggs are more profitable than chickens, es- 
pecially if you can produce them out of season, 
and this depends upon the time of hatching, 
the feed and care. A flock of 25 fowls will pro- 
duce eggs and chickens enough to add a tidy 
