Show SOUND ADVICE FOR POULTRY BIE 4 t Z kw 0 ap es na n X A flock of leghorns Leg horns do not imagine that you should give up everything else in order to engage in poultry keeping it Is almost best to keep chickens or other poultry as a sideline side line at first or in other words have some other source ot of income upon which to depend until you are well established in the poultry business even then you may find it to your advantage to devote a part of your time to other pursuits such as bee keeping gardening or the growing of email small fruits some strawberry growers keep chickens and others keep indian runner runder ducks to devour the insects which would othe otherwise injure the crop needles to add the fowls will devour the fruit as well welt as the insects it if allowed tree free range when the fruit Is ripening A number of yards en closed with nith poultry netting will be found convenient at such times as well as when eggs are wanted for the batching hatching purposes dont attempt too much at first alave a well defined object in view then start with a few choice fowls of the variety best adapted to your needs study the characteristics of 0 the differ dilfer ent classes before making your selection 1 4 in case ou have had no experience in this line it would be eater safer to trust the purchasing of stock to some relf reliable person who understands the business the question la Is often asked what variety of chickens Is ahe the best or most profitable the anai answer er depends to a certain degree upon the object la in view no sane person would think thick of keeping leghorns Leg horns or hamburges Ham burgs tor for market purposes nor would bran drab mas or cochins be chosen as ess egg producers for eggs alone keep leghorns Leg horns homs hamburges Ham burgs spanish Min orcas or one of the other egg producing non setting i varieties for market purposes choose the plymouth rock brahma or wyan dotte it if the idea 13 to keep chickens tor for both purposes then select from the bo so called general or dual purpose class |