Poultry and the Meat Problem 5 



brooded in the bay window of the dining room, 

 making lots of fun, and clausing no trouble, till 

 they were large enough to go into outdoor coops. 

 All this has proved a source of interest, health, 

 good food, and decided financial profit. 



The present book is an outgrowth of these years 

 of experience under all possible conditions, comT 

 bined with a careful study of poultry culture as it 

 has progressed from year to year. Step by step 

 from one phase of poultry life to another, the 

 program is laid out along the simplest and most 

 practical lines. No effort has been made to include 

 all details on any subject, as there are special 

 books on special subjects, where any enthusiastic 

 poultry keeper may delve according to his interests. 

 The particular need which this book seeks to fill 

 is that of a definite, simple manual of general 

 home poultry culture, put into language easily 

 understood by all. 



Until normal conditions return, it is the plain 

 duty of all who have even a small back yard to do 

 their share in producing meat, the most needed of 

 all foods. When it is realized that by doing this 

 we also bless ourselves with a stock of fresh eggs 

 and poultry, largely supplied from table scraps, 



