Show GETTING START IN I 1 POULTRY RAISING tile the beginner in poultry start in a small way mistake stakes are bound to be made mada by the beginner and difficult problems will be presented which roust must be solved before one can expect to make a success in tile the poultry business there are two ways way of starting in the business one la Is to buy fowls in the fall of the year ear and the other la in to buy eggs for hatching botching or baby chicks in the spring Iler perhaps haps the buying of fowls in the fall Is the 1 safer method but for tile the mo money ney invested the starting with eggs or baby chicks in the spring offers a a birger op port unity in starting stalling with poultry the beginner should first of all consider tile the purpose for which lie ho wants to use the lie fowls there are four general daises classes of fowls the egg breeds the went meat breeds general purpose breeds and fancy or ornamental breeds the egg breeds include the sin smaller tiller or medium sized fowls which are very active quick to mature and which produce white shelled eggs T they 11 ey are mostly non sitters oe 01 poor sitters find and other fowls are usually kept if natural methods of incubation are used the leghorns Leg horns and Blin orcas tire typical topical breeds of this class the hie luent breeds represent the other extreme and tire especially suitable for the lie production of ro asters fowls of tills class are flow blow and somewhat ome rome what sluggish they ate aie easily confined alth low fences slow maturing persistent sitters and rather indifferent layers tile the Brah brahman mas cochins and langehans Lang shans belong to tills this class tile the general purpose breeds bleeds are medium in size and produce it a good quantity of eggs thereby making them appeal to those who want a bird which will supply both eggs and ment meat the general purpose foula fois are usually good sitters hitters and good mothers they occupy a medium position between tile the egg and meat breeds in size egg production und and docility however it should be noted that to in thu the recent work in breeding for high egg gg production some of the gen eral purpose fowls have louiie made verr en credit creditable tible egg records plymouth locks hocks island ileda and Orpington a are typical represents fives alus of the general purpose fowls ornamental breeds are not generally adapted to farm flocks unless some boine one tins has time to develop some gome special type lile hie poll polish sil silkiest Sil kies kles sultans and bun ban tarns tams tire are representative of oc these breeds |