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always  welcoming  any  new  practical  ideas  which  will  help  on  his 
poultry  progress. 
The  beginning  in  poultry  keeping  can  be  and  ought  to  be  modest 
and  the  growth  of  the  business  should  be  gradual.  A small  flock 
and  little  land  will  enable  one  to  commence  in  the  industry.  After 
experience  has  been  gained,  larger  investments  may  be  made  with 
safety  and  without  so  much  loss.  If  one  has  never  kept  chickens 
before,  he  may  commence  by  buying  a setting  of  eggs  and  a hen 
or  a number  of  eggs  and  an  incubator.  Many  times  valuable  ex- 
perience can  be  gained  by  working  for  a man  who  has  made  a fair 
amount  of  success  with  poultry. 
DR.  HIGH’S  WHITE  PLYMOUTH  ROCK  COCK, 
In  the  country  the  range  is  more  or  less  free  and  the  cost  of 
fencing  is  usually  very  slight,  but  in  the  city  chickens  must  be 
confined.  And  moreover  the  necessary  confinement  increases  with 
the  number  of  birds  and  the  space  enclosed.  Wire  costs  in  propor- 
tion to  the  height;  iy2  inch  mesh  3 feet  wide  is  quoted  at  12 
cents  per  foot;  4 feet  wide  at  18  cents  per  foot.  Posts  cost  from 
15  cents  to  25  cents  a piece  and  lumber  is  quoted  at  $29.00  per 
thousand,  and  good  galvanized  mosquito  netting  is  about  6 cents 
per  foot.  Low  widths  of  wire  may  be  used  if  a heavy  wire  is 
