y 2 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



would not be advisable ^o~ every one to attempt to raise fancy or pure 

 bred poultry for breeding purposes, there can be no mistake made by 

 any one in their efforts to improve their stock by the introduction of 

 pure blood. 



Poultry raising is an occupation that is 1 not confined to men and boys, 

 but is a light, agreeable and profitable occupation for women and girls 

 as well, and until recent years, the care and management of poultry was 

 almost entirely given over to them. Very many women love the work, 

 and when the surroundings are favorable, they frequently become en- 

 thusiastic in it, and the results accomplished by them furnish a prolific 

 source for "pin money" for themselves, and aid very materially to the 

 living of the family and income of the farm. 



The question of marketing poultry and its products is an important 

 one. and should not be lost sight of in determining the profits of the busi- 

 ness, for the attractiveness of all produce and add much to their value 

 and insure ready sales at an advanced price, as evidenced by this extract 

 from the ''Wisconsin Farmer: " 



"My seventeen-year old daughter has an eye to business, and, noting 

 the very tidy and attractive style in which many articles of merchan- 

 dise are put up now-a-days, she concluded the scheme was applicable to 

 many farm products as/ well, and when fitting a lot of poultry for 

 markBt, she gt*ve it a trial. She marketed 40 dressed chickens the last 

 week in De'cember, selling them through a Chicago commission house. 

 The November lot was dry-picked, drawn and the skin of the neck tied 

 with a common string. They were packed in the ordinary way in a bar- 

 rel, and shipped. The net returns were 8*4 cents per' pound. The De- 

 cember lot was from the same flock and no better and no fatter. They 

 were dressed precisely the same, but the neck and the skin was carefully 

 trimmed with shears, and tied witb a cheap, narrow blue ribbon in a 

 double bow knot. The feet were thoroughly cleaned, and each fowl 

 placed in a sitting position, and when cold the same kind of ribbon was 

 tide around the body, over the feet, with a bow knot on the back. She 



