4' POULTRY FOR PROFIT 
sorted to has been to raise a few chickens, thus 
utilizing the table scraps, and odds and ends, 
so that there will be no waste. It has been 
proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that chick¬ 
ens can be raised profitably by the person liv¬ 
ing in town, as well as by the farmer with his 
vast acres, providing the townsman knows a 
few essential principles in regard to the proper 
handling of the birds. 
Poultry products are becoming popular more 
than ever before. This is due in part to the 
increased price of beef and pork. Eggs are 
an established part of the nation’s menu, while 
the meat of the chicken is now within the 
means of most American families. Since these 
facts are recognized, there has been a revolu¬ 
tion in the poultry industry itself to cope with 
the increased demand for eggs, meat, and breed¬ 
ing stock. 
Many city people have' taken advantage of 
the opportunity of raising chickens, and many 
an old packing box, or piano box has been re¬ 
lieved of its original purpose of encasing fur¬ 
niture, or other articles, and has done its bit 
to act as part of a shelter for housing some 
back-yard lot of chickens. What has been done. 
