SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
more to keep a bird that will produce two 
hundred eggs in a year than it does to 
keep one that will only produce one hun- 
dred, and the profit is not the only thing 
to be considered: The pleasure of caring 
for a flock that is very profitable is very 
much greater than that of caring for a 
flock that does not pay but a little; and 
that leads to a greater interest in the 
flock, which mterest leads the poultryman 
on to still greater efforts and still greater 
profits. 
When the good housewife gathers 
from a flock, in late fall and early winter, 
a large basketful of high-priced eggs, it 
gives her dreams of well-dressed children 
in a beautiful home, with flowers, music 
and books, and all that goes to make a 
home desirable and lovely. Such produc- 
tion leads to better care of the poultry 
and the building up of a worth-while flock 
of worth-while birds. If all members of 
the family can be interested in the poul- 
try, so much the better. 
Give the children a share of the profits 
to spend for themselves; not foolishly, of 
course, but in such a way as to bene- 
fit both them and you; this leads 
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