The Farm-poultry . loor, take the summer hotels which arelound in all sec-tions of the stale wherepeople from the larger cities siiend theirvacations. These assure a good price foreggs during the smumer months whenthey are usually cheap in the regularmarkets. Climate. Tlie climate in this stale is very favor-able to poultry culture indeed. We donot have the extremely cold spells inwinter nor the prolonged hot ones insummer found in the more central por-tions of our country. At first thought,one might suppose that a section of thecountry having warm winters, or in other words, i)erpetual summer
The Farm-poultry . loor, take the summer hotels which arelound in all sec-tions of the stale wherepeople from the larger cities siiend theirvacations. These assure a good price foreggs during the smumer months whenthey are usually cheap in the regularmarkets. Climate. Tlie climate in this stale is very favor-able to poultry culture indeed. We donot have the extremely cold spells inwinter nor the prolonged hot ones insummer found in the more central por-tions of our country. At first thought,one might suppose that a section of thecountry having warm winters, or in other words, i)erpetual summer, is better suitedfor poidtry than ours, but in practice it isfound that imder such conditions morework is required to keep down such pestsas lice and mites, and disease than tocare for the poultry. Another point thatshould not be overlooked is the fact thatthe greater part of this state is not troubledwith fogs to such an extent as some sec-tions of our country that have a moremoderate climate. We are fortunate in. Buff PlyiuouHi K.« k Cork Goldfeatlier. P. W. Noyes, New Lomlori, foiin. this respect, as fogs give us heavy dewsiu spring and summer, decrease the sun-shiny days in winter and damjien thepoultry houses at that season of the some states near the coast, poultrymenare obliged to keep their cloth screensclosed at times to keep out the fog andiriist. On account of the moderate cli-mate in the eastern part of the stateespecially, the early hatching and rearingof chicks is encouraged. This insureshigh prices for products throughout tlieseason, early broilers, early roasters andearly pullets for fall layers when eggs areIxtremely high. Again, on acutounl ofthe mild climate, the winter growing ofchickens has become an important indus-try, and the South Shore Roaster Dis-trict is known throughout the growing enables the producers toit large tine roasters (capons) on themarket from .March to .(uly, when thecold storage plants are practically oth
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