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have been made to 

 establish plants exclu- 

 sively for the produc- 

 tion of broilers. Broiler 

 growing is now gener- 

 ally assigned its proper 

 place, as a feature in 

 diversified poultry cul- 

 ture or as a specialty 

 for persons whose regu- 

 lar occupation will al- 

 low them to engage 

 in the production of 

 broilers in winter. 



Roaster growing. A 

 special phase of poul- 

 try culture is the grow- 

 ing of large roasting chickens for the early summer trade in the large 

 cities and pleasure resorts. It has been carried on for a great many 

 years in a small way, chiefly by people in the vicinity of Philadel- 

 phia, its standing with those engaged in it being much the same as 

 that of broiler growing. The roasters grown in this vicinity became 



Fig. 32. Fifty half-grown Light Brahma chickens in 

 house 6 ft. X 8 ft, which they occupy from wean- 

 ing to maturity. The plan works well for winter 

 chickens marketed before hot weather 



Fig. 33. Colony houses for winter chickens. (Continuing Fig. 31) 



