SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
by holding their eggs until a large per 
cent. of them are stale; and such a loss 
is not only a loss to the individual, but is 
also a great loss to the community. The 
time has come when we must consider the 
welfare of the aggregate if we would con- 
tinue our existence as a nation. 
You can teach your 
birds to love and respect 
you. In order to do so, 
you must first love and respect them; 
talk gently and lovingly to them as you 
would your child; handle them with great 
care and tenderness; never pick one up by 
the legs and let its head hang down. 
Strangers should not be allowed among 
them unless they are very quiet, and the 
less strangers visit them the better it will 
be for your flock. They know when a man 
is strange just as well as you do, and 
while you may look upon him with great 
confidence and trust, they doubt and fear 
him. Poultry that has been cared for 
exclusively by women will have great fear 
of a man, and those that have been cared 
for exclusively by men will have great 
fear of women; this is especially true of 
the Mediterranean breeds. The more quiet 
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Teach Your Birds 
to Love You 
