. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 74. A pheasantry in the suburbs of Boston. (Photograph from E. F. Conness) The breeding of fowls for fancy points engages the attention of many thousands of people. The greater number of these breed on a small scale and primarily for their own pleasure and recrea- tion, but many give all their time to it and have considerable capi- tal invested in the business. Nearly all make some effort to sell stock and eggs for hatching. The profits in this line of poultry- culture are much less than is generally sup- posed. Competition is strong
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 74. A pheasantry in the suburbs of Boston. (Photograph from E. F. Conness) The breeding of fowls for fancy points engages the attention of many thousands of people. The greater number of these breed on a small scale and primarily for their own pleasure and recrea- tion, but many give all their time to it and have considerable capi- tal invested in the business. Nearly all make some effort to sell stock and eggs for hatching. The profits in this line of poultry- culture are much less than is generally sup- posed. Competition is strong and the cost of doing business is large in proportion to the volume of business. The seasons for the sale of stock and eggs are short, and sales Only a small proportion. Fig. 75. Breeding pens of pheasants and fowls in same yard are much affected by outside influences of breeders engaged in this line make more than a living, and a considerable number of the breeders most prominent at any time. 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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