Show n GETTING START IN POULTRY RAISING The beginner In poultry raIsin raising should start In a small way Mistakes s sare are bound to be made by the beginner and difficult problems will b be presented present d which must be solved before fore one cnn can elm expect to make a n success In the poultry poultry poul poul- try business There are arc two ways was of ot starting In the business One One- is to buy fowls In the fall tall of the year and the other Is to buy eggs for tor hatching or baby chicks In the spring Perhaps the buying of ot fowls In iq the fall tall Is the safer method but for the money Invested invested In in- vested the starting with eggs or baby Sh Shacks Chicks ck's in the spring offers a larger op In starting with poultry the beginner begin begin- ner should first of ot all nil consider th time the purpose purpose pur pur- pose for tor which he wants to use use the fo There There are four tour general classes of ot fowls the egg breeds the me meat t breeds purpose general breeds and fancy tancy or ornamental breeds The e egg g breeds Include the time smaller or r sized medium-sized fowls which are very active quick to mature and which produce produce pro pro- duce white shelled eggs They are mostly or poor poor- sitters and antt antti i other fowls are usually kept If It n natural methods of ot Incubation are used The Leghorns and 1 are rire are typical breeds of ot this class The meat breeds represent the other extreme and are especially suitable for tor forthe forthe the production of ot roasters Fowls of ot this class are slow and somewhat slug slug- gish They are easily CC confined with low fences slow maturing persistent sitters and rather Indifferent layers The Cochins Cochin and belong to this class The purpose general-purpose breeds are medIum medium medium me me- In size and produce a good quantity quon quon- of ot eggs thereby making them appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal to those who want a bird which will wUl supply both eggs and meat The purpose general to fowls toIs Is are usually good sitters and good mothers The They occupy a medium position between the egg ant and meat breeds In size egg production am and docility However er It should be noted that In the recent vv work ork In breeding for high egg production some of ot the gen gen- purpose eral-purpose fowls have hn made very ery creditable egg records Plymouth Rocks Rhode Island Hedsand Reds Heds and are typical representatives tives Ues of or the purpose general fowls Ornamental breeds are not generally adapted to farm tarm flocks unless some one oue has imas time to develop some special type The Polish Sultans and Bantams Ban Ban- tams tarns are aie representative e of or these breeds |