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POULTRY CULTURE 



Fig. 77- Colony of young pheasants in an oat field. 

 (Photograph from Simpson's Pheasant Farm) 



culture is general, sometimes one, sometimes the other, being of 

 primary importance. Naturally it is oftenest the market lines that 



are considered first, but 

 if the poultryman de- 

 velops special skill as 

 a breeder and salesman, 

 the relative positions of 

 the two lines may soon 

 be reversed. 



Profitable combina- 

 tions with poultry cul- 

 ture. Poultry culture 

 is a necessary feature in 

 diversified agriculture 

 that develops all the 

 possibilities of the or- 

 dinary farm. Poultry should be considered as a crop which, accord- 

 ing to circumstances, may be grown in rotation with vegetable crops 

 or in a system of double cropping. All special branches of agricul- 

 ture afford opportunities for profitable combinations with poultry. 



Supply and demand. To many the question of overproduction 

 seems a most important one. An industry open to every one and 

 capable of rapid exten- 

 sion from small begin- 

 nings appears at first 

 thought one in which 

 frequent periods of over- 

 production are likely to 

 occur. In general, how- 

 ever, such conditions 

 operate to check over- 

 production and, when 

 it does occur, to quickly 

 restore the balance be- 

 tween demand and sup- 

 ply. There are other 

 factors, too, such as transportation and cold-storage facilities, which 

 have served to equalize demand and supply. An overproduction in 



Fig. 78. Silver pheasant feeding. (Photograph 

 from Simpson's Pheasant Farm) 



