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POULTRY CULTURE 



Fig. 4. A New England town poultry plant built up in spare time 

 Note the variety in houses 



little poultry on the market and prices are high, poultry keepers 

 favorably located engage in specialties like the growing of broilers 

 and roasters. 



Egg farming the most important branch of poultry culture. As 

 has been stated, the production of eggs is carried on principally as an 

 -incidental line in general farming. In most cases the farm flocks 

 of poultry are maintained primarily to supply the- household with 

 eggs and meat, the products marketed being the surplus remaining 



Fig. 5. Intensive plant on a Philadelphia business man's country place 

 Land area small ; investment large ; labor costly 



