Money in Broilers and Squabs. 



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hit as did the Black Minorca, when it stepped in right at the time 

 the Spanish were going backwards. A call for a huge crest likewise 

 injured the once popular Polish fowl. 



Now, these remarks are not made to stir up a controversy, but 

 are honestly given by one who has made poultry culture a study, 

 and who devotes his entire time to the cause. We believe in poultry 

 revenue, and the only way to get it is to come down to common- 

 sense business principles and methods. 



The growing of small broilers, or squab broilers, as they are 

 more familiarly known, is an industry that started out with bright 

 pfospects, but the sudden boom in squab pigeons seemed to cripple 



Plate 4— CHICK— Fifteenth Day Incubation. 



it considerably. Still there is room for the enterprise, and quite a 

 number of farms are making a specialty of it. Following is 

 a very complete account of the methods pursued in this branch. 

 They are given by the superintendent of the Owls Nest Farm, Fram- 

 irigham, Mass., and originally published in the "American Agricul- 

 turist." The specialty is the growing of small broilers, which 

 are sold at a weight of about three-fourths pound dressed. Chickens 

 of this size are from five to eight weeks old, smaller than pigeons. 



Owls Nest Farm has been run for three or four years and has 

 built up a large trade of the above description; 285 of these small 

 broilers were sold from January i to January 20, mostly to clubs 

 and high-class private trade in Boston. This branch of the business 

 is continued the year* round, although prices grow lower in the sum- 

 mer and fall. Incubators are started the last third of January, and 



