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that the profits on Poultry-rearing, whether for market or egg-production, exceed that of any other 
agricultural pursuit for the same amount of capital invested, is now striking home to many Farmers, 
and causes them to wonder how it is that they have so long overlooked the decided profit attached to 
systematic Poultry-raising. 
The calling or business has now attained that degree of importance that it is not now sneered at 
as " only a woman's occupation," and the feeding and breeding to attain a given object — that of profit — 
now becomes almost a science, gained only by close study and observation. Now they are fed in a 
rational and intelligent manner, with correspondingly good results, being fed with rations which will 
stimulate egg-production, without causing them to accumulate undesirable fat ; but, where the 
object is to fatten Poultry for table requirements, quite a diflFerent system of feeding is followed. 
Experience has also established the fact that different breeds require dissimilar diets to produce the 
same effects, as, for instance, the Asiatic breeds do not forage to any great extent, and would become 
too lazy and fat if fed on the same food as the Mediterranean varieties. From the experiment quoted 
previously in this chapter on feeding, a good guide is given in feeding Poultry for eggs. The highest 
measure of success is attained by feeding as varied a diet as practicable, remembering that if eggs are 
wanted nothing gives better results than green cut bone in fair proportion to other foods. As many and 
varied ailments can be distinctly traced to inferior foods, which cause disastrous results, the food of 
each and every description should be sound, clean, and wholesome. Careless or indifferent methods of 
feeding Poultry will invariably give unsatisfactory^ results, and if the Farmer or Fancier is not successful 
in obtaining good returns from his stock, he should lay- the blame to his own neglect, and not put it 
down to the score of " bad luck." 
