Show ii POULTRY FLOCKS FLOORS FOOD PRODUCTS FROM FOWLS On Average Farm Poultry Furnish About 10 Per Cent of at Meat for Family Use A large proportion of ot the poultry products of this country are produced on general farms Nearly every farm has Its poultry flock The average American farmer reserves about three dozen eggs a week for family use and about 50 fowls are consumed by the family during the year These food products can bo be secured absolutely fresh which considerably enhances the value of this contribution from the farm says the United States department department department depart depart- ment of agriculture Of the meat furnIshed furnished furnished fur fur- by the farm to the operator and his family poultry constitutes about abou t 10 per cent A small flock fiock of poultry can be kept kep kepton t on the farm at little cost The fowls fowl s find scattered grain about the farmstead farmstead farm farm- stead and on the tine adjoining grain fields field s after harvest Garden refuse an and d kitchen waste are usually available le lefor e for th them m They also feed on Insects ogee and worms In many cases the farmers farmer's farmers farmer's farm farm- ers er's wife and children find pleasure in la caring for the flock fiock |