. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 82 POULTRY CULTURE one locality, the usual practice was to increase production only as long as the stock kept could be handled in one flock. Some one in the vicinity of Little Compton, Rhode Island, at an early stage of the awakening of interest in poultry keeping, saw the advantage of retaining the style of small house in use and of distributing small flocks over the land, and adopted that sys- tem. Others followed his example. The system was soon in general use in a lim- ited area in that part of Rhode Island and the adjoining part of M
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 82 POULTRY CULTURE one locality, the usual practice was to increase production only as long as the stock kept could be handled in one flock. Some one in the vicinity of Little Compton, Rhode Island, at an early stage of the awakening of interest in poultry keeping, saw the advantage of retaining the style of small house in use and of distributing small flocks over the land, and adopted that sys- tem. Others followed his example. The system was soon in general use in a lim- ited area in that part of Rhode Island and the adjoining part of Massachusetts, poultry keeping became the most important interest of the district, and the district became one of the largest poultry-producing communities in the world. While occasion- ally individuals failed or, because of disease in the flocks, were obliged to discontinue operations for a period, on the whole poultry ventures flcnirished and grew to large proportions, were as permanent as other branches of agriculture, and were often carried on generation after. Fig. 82. Large colonies on the farm of A. M. Shaw, Groton, (Photograph by H. J. Blanchard) Av ' •r, £& "-Wit M< ^ ': 1 #1 L J m *^7y i " 1 -T"''! ITIlfflHB 1 1 Fig. 83. Colony system on a Pennsylvania farm generation by the same families on the same farms. The Rhode Island Red, a breed especially adapted to local conditions and methods, was developed and long remained peculiar to that locality. The development of the colony system in this section began about the middle of the last century, but attracted little attention. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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