. Practical poultry production . Poultry. 310 PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 1. Winniig a prize of a setting of eggs or a pen of fowls offered by a local poultryman to the members writing the best compositions on some phase of poultry work. 2. Have the members take charge of the home flock, and, as a reward for the attention given, receive a portion of the eggs produced. From the sale of these eggs the member can secure enough money to purchase several settings of eggs from a standard-bred flock, or a pen of standard-bred fowls. 3. In numerous instances poultrymen have co-operated with members i
. Practical poultry production . Poultry. 310 PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 1. Winniig a prize of a setting of eggs or a pen of fowls offered by a local poultryman to the members writing the best compositions on some phase of poultry work. 2. Have the members take charge of the home flock, and, as a reward for the attention given, receive a portion of the eggs produced. From the sale of these eggs the member can secure enough money to purchase several settings of eggs from a standard-bred flock, or a pen of standard-bred fowls. 3. In numerous instances poultrymen have co-operated with members in supplying them without cost 50 to 100 eggs, with theunder- standing that the" poultry breeder is to receive in return two matured fowls hatched from each lot of 50 eggs given to the Figure 295,- -A poultry club exhibit held in connection with a regular poultry show. 4. A similar plan is that of a poultryman's lending to a member a pen of fowls during the breeding season, the eggs from which are to be used for hatching. Upon reaching maturity, 3 to 5 birds hatched from these eggs are to be returned to the breeder, together with the original pen. 5. A progressive club might have in connection with its school a poultry plant planned and built by the members. Several pens of fowls could then be purchased or donated by a public-spirited poultry- man, and these fowls taken care of by the members. Thus the club would not only have an opportunity of carrying out a community object lesson, but the eggs produced could be taken to their respective homes to serve as a foundation for a standard-bred flock of their own. 6. Plans may be arranged whereby the merchants of the town would donate several hundred eggs from standard-bred stock, and the. 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 Lamon, Harry
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