. The Eastern poultryman. Poultry Periodicals; Fruit Periodicals. THE EASTERN POULTRYMAN. 27 of today study the science of feeding. Without a doubt good birds can be raised on free range where they are allowed to pick up their own fead, and to choose those things which suit them, but better birds can be raised by a combination of free range and wise and scientific feeding This is an age of progress and the poul- tryman and the farmer find themselves studying the feeding problem more deep- ly than ever before. So the beginner should study what and how to feed, from the start. If market poultry
. The Eastern poultryman. Poultry Periodicals; Fruit Periodicals. THE EASTERN POULTRYMAN. 27 of today study the science of feeding. Without a doubt good birds can be raised on free range where they are allowed to pick up their own fead, and to choose those things which suit them, but better birds can be raised by a combination of free range and wise and scientific feeding This is an age of progress and the poul- tryman and the farmer find themselves studying the feeding problem more deep- ly than ever before. So the beginner should study what and how to feed, from the start. If market poultry be the object of the beginner, he should raise thoroughbreds and should keep his stock as pure as though he were in the fancy poultry busi- ness. He should aim to produce a bird that will answer all the requirements of a market fowl, and he should let the fancy side of the business entirely alone. Some argue that if the raising of mar- ket poultry be the object, scrub stock will do as well as any, and indeed better, be- cause they are hardier and more used to poor conditions, etc While it is true that the common dunghills which roost in trees all winter and are devoured by ver- min all summer, are the toughest in existence, yet as the market poultryman, who really means to make market poultry raising a success and a business, does not desire his fowls to endure the hardships that scrub stock is used to, he should find no trouble in rearing iull-blooded birds. The full-blooded flock has every advan- tage over a flock of scrub birds, being even in shape, size and color, while on the other hand the scrub flock is of every conceivable shape, size and color, and for this reason the thoroughbred will sell more readily than will the scrub. So I honestly believe that the market poultryman will make no mistake in keeping thoroughbred stock. As to what breed best suits his con- dition, he must be his own judge. The Leghorns are the best breed for eggs. The Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, etc
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