. A poultry survey of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois. e for feed. According to the record sheets, there apparent-ly was a net profit of one dollar and forty cents on each hen. Thearrows indicate provisions made for grit, mash, oyster shells, andclean water. Figure 6 shows a case of poor management which involved afinancial loss. There was no definite person to care for the flock,the yard was dirty, the house had positively no provisions for sunlight or ventilation; no records of any kind were kept, the flockconsisted of poor mixed-brd fowls, and all other essent
. A poultry survey of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois. e for feed. According to the record sheets, there apparent-ly was a net profit of one dollar and forty cents on each hen. Thearrows indicate provisions made for grit, mash, oyster shells, andclean water. Figure 6 shows a case of poor management which involved afinancial loss. There was no definite person to care for the flock,the yard was dirty, the house had positively no provisions for sunlight or ventilation; no records of any kind were kept, the flockconsisted of poor mixed-brd fowls, and all other essential detailswere ignored. The importance of associating women with poultry raising isconsiderably overestimated. There is no logical basis for the com-mon belief that woman, because they are mothers, are by nature bestsuited for the industry. This investigation demonstrated that suc-cessful women poultry-breeders in the Twin Cities were exceptionsrather than the rule. As far as the back yard poultry lot is con-cerned women, as a whole, seem to be very poorly adapted to the sue- Figure 5. An illustration showing good manage-ment,, cleanliness, and pure bred stock. The arrow in-dicates provision made for clean water, grit, andoyster shells. 20.
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