. Our domestic birds; . ery farm is devoted primarily to theproduction of eggs and ofpoultry for the table. Fowlsreceive most attention, al-though, as we shall see, someof the largest and most profit-able farms are engaged inproducing ducks. In thesuburbs of cities and in vil-lages all over the land manypeople keep more fowls nowthan the average farmer didin old times. These city poul-try keepers often give a greatdeal of time to their fowlsand still either lose moneyon them or make very smallwages for the time given tothis work, because they try to keep too many in a small space,or to keep mo
. Our domestic birds; . ery farm is devoted primarily to theproduction of eggs and ofpoultry for the table. Fowlsreceive most attention, al-though, as we shall see, someof the largest and most profit-able farms are engaged inproducing ducks. In thesuburbs of cities and in vil-lages all over the land manypeople keep more fowls nowthan the average farmer didin old times. These city poul-try keepers often give a greatdeal of time to their fowlsand still either lose moneyon them or make very smallwages for the time given tothis work, because they try to keep too many in a small space,or to keep more than they have time to care for properly. The breeding of fancy fowls is also an important who engage in this line on a large scale locate on farms,but many of the smaller breeders live in towns, and the greaternumber of the amateur fanciers who breed fine fowls for pleasureare city people. On large poultry farms the work is usually done by are many small plants operated by women. The ordinary. Fig. 23. Black Langshan hen. (Photo-graph from Urban Farms, Buffalo,New York) 42 OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS farm and family flocks are cared for by women and childrenmuch oftener than by men, because, even when the men areinterested in poultry, other work takes the farmer away from thevicinity of the house, and the city man away from home, somuch that they cannot look after poultry as closely as is neces-sary to get the best results. Many women like to have the careof a small flock of fowls, because it takes them outdoors for a few minutes at inter-vals every day, and theeggs and poultry soldmay bring in a con-siderable amount ofpin money. Manyboys, while attendingthe grammar and highschools, earn moneyby keeping a flockof fowls. Some havesaved enough in thisway to pay expenses atcollege for a year ormore, or to give thema start in a small busi-ness. When there areboth boys and girls in a family, such outdoor work usually fallsto the lot of a boy. A girl can do just as
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