20 Money in Broilers and Squabs. 



run the incubators so that they will require less responsibility and 

 do best work ; second, how to brood the chicks so they will not be- 

 cotne chilled and die from bowel troubles ; third, how to feed so that 

 they will attain the desired weight without being subject to leg 

 weakness and other troubles. All these matters must be carefully 

 studied and watched. There is a big responsibility and the work 

 requires "eternal vigilance." 



Egg farming is the easiest branch to follow. Start with that 

 and let the broiler department be an adjunct. 



James Rankin believes there is more money in raising roasting 

 fowls than broilers. Some others prefer capons; but we are in- 

 clined to think that the latter branch never will make any headway 

 in this country. There is not enough demand for the capon carcass 

 to make it an object. 



Squab culture, properly speaking, comes under the head of 

 market poultry, and quite a number of market farms are adding the 

 work to their line. 



There is money in raising ducklings for market, but it is a 

 branch that requires more real hard work than any other. On Long 

 Island, up in Massachusetts, in New York, in Pennsylvania, and in 

 other parts of the country, quite a business is being established in 

 this line ; and on many duck farms is made the combination of hen- 

 egg production for market. 



Turkey rearing is profitable, but a good range is necessary ; so 

 with goose farming. On this account we think these fowls are 

 neglected on many farms. 



On farms where fancy fowls are reared and eggs sold for hatch- 

 ing, it is not always advisable to sell pure-bred eggs in market for 

 table purposes, as they do not always reach that end. So these fan- 

 ciers add broiler or roaster raising as an adjunct; the birds being 

 killed and dressed before going to market, there can be no chance 

 of falling into the hands of undeserving parties who would use them 

 for breeding purposes. 



There was a time when the fancier hated the marketman as 

 much as one rival in business could despise the other ; but after 

 they became acquainted, after they found out that neither could do 

 without the other, they combined, and to-day there are more fancy 

 farms with market additions than farms on which the fancy alone 

 is followed. 



It was a good change. After all, the only purpose for which 

 poultry was created was for food. Fine feathers and high scores 

 may attract the eye of those who love the beautiful ; but if this 

 beauty is gained at the sacrifice of the utility- qualities, it is only a 

 matter of time before the breeds will drop down and out. Take, for 

 instance, the once famous Black Spanish fowl. What more noble 

 bird could have been created? What breed can give us the sized 

 eggs for which they were noted ? Where are they to-day ? A foolish 

 standard called for a large white face, the larger the better, and 

 to-day the Black Spanish is way in the background; and we say 

 it is a most unfortunate affair. No breed ever made such a happy 



