PREFACE 
It is a sad sight to see so many fail- 
ures in the poultry business; and it is 
also a sad sight to go into the poultry 
shows and see so many birds that lack 
so much of nature’s beauty and strength. 
To guide those breeders who would 
like to breed more beautiful and profit- 
able birds, and to lead the novice to a 
profitable goal, is my object in writing 
this book. 
My many years’ experience, my many 
failures and final success, my close and 
constant observation of nature, my close 
study of her laws and my out-of-doors 
life, I think, fit me for the task of writing 
such a guide. 
In presenting this little work to the 
public, I do so with the hope that the 
time is not far distant when man will 
cease his conflict with nature and live in 
strict obedience to the laws of his Creator. 
