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POULTRY  RAISING  IN  HAWAII. 
By  B.  E.  Porter,  Professor  of  Animal  Husbandry,  College  of 
Hawaii. 
The  following  article  contains  so  much  valuable  information 
to  prospective  poultry  raisers  in  these  islands  that  it  is  reprinted 
from  the  Pacific  Advertiser. 
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Poultry  culture  has  many  peculiar  and  particular  attractions 
to  old  and  young.  A fine  flock  of  well  kept  fowls  is  certainly 
a very  great  pleasure  as  well  as  a source  of  income  to  the  family. 
And  the  care  of  poultry  offers  ample  opportunity  for  the  abun- 
dant exercise  of  both  brains  and  muscles  by  men  and  women  of 
almost  all  conditions  of  life. 
Whenever  poultry  is  kept,  it  is  with  a definite  purpose  in 
mind.  Such  a purpose  may  be  for  pleasure  or  profit,  or  both. 
Many  families  keep  a few  fowls  to  use  up  the  waste  food  mate- 
rials about  the  home,  furnish  fresh  eggs,  beautify  home  sur* 
roundings,  or  provide  recreation  to  the  head  of  the  family  when 
he  comes  home  from  professional  duties.  Then  besides  all  this 
pleasure  the  profit  which  can  be  derived  is  no  mean  item  for  any 
family  to  consider  at  the  present  time. 
When  poultry  is  kept  for  profit  alone  the  situation  changes. 
Then  it  is  more  serious  business  for  so  many  problems  confront 
the  poultryman.  Some  will  immediately  say,  “What  must  I do 
to  insure  a reasonable  amount  of  success?”  The  answer  is 
study  and  work. 
There  could  certainly  be  no  more  favorable  conditions  for  poul- 
try keeping  than  we  have  here  within  our  own  midst.  In  fact 
some  men  are  frank  enough  to  say  that  things  are  almost  -too 
favorable,  so  that  people  do  not  take  the  necessary  precautions 
and  care  for  their  fowls.  It  is  true  that  some  grain  foods  are 
high,  but  market  prices  are  good  for  both  eggs  and  table  birds. 
The  reinforcements  to  the  army  and  navy,  together  with  the 
advance  in  prices  of  meats  make  the  opportunity  for  successful 
poultry  keeping  so  much  more  promising. 
Statistics  are  dry  things,  but  sometimes  they  show  results  that 
are  a revelation  to  the  uninitiated.  According  to  the  Bureau 
of  Statistics,  the  value  for  the  import  of  eggs  alone  has  been 
for  1906,  $12,995;  1907,  $14,943,  and  1908,  $16,511.  These 
figures  show  an  increase  of  almost  $2000  each  year.  For  a 
young  man  with  enterprise  and  push  such  figures  look  particu- 
larly inviting,  for  there  is  a possibility  that  he  can  have  a goodly 
share  of  such  money  as  returns  on  his  business. 
At  best,  poultry  raising  cannot  be  carried  on  in  a haphazard 
sort  of  way  or  because  a neighbor  makes  $10  a week  with  fowls. 
To  make  a profit  on  poultry,  as  in  any  other  line  of  successful 
