Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — POULTRY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY

INTEREST BOYS IN POULTRY No Part of Farming That Is More Fascinating to Average Youth Than Care of Chickens. (By KATHERINE A. GRIMES.) There is no part of fanning more fascinating to the average boy than the care of poultry. At the same time there is no branch that offers him a better chance of success. The equipment ned not cost much, and, in fact, most of the needed coops and fixtures can be built by almost

any ambitious boy with very little expenditure outside of his own work. Then a small outlay for eggs or a trifle larger one for stock, and he is ready for business. The most important consideration is the breed to be kept It all depends upon the market which will pay the best The layers are seldom as good for raising, frying and broiling as some of the larger breeds, as they usually weigh less at the same age, though maturing even more quickly in the matter of egg-producing. So, if you wish to keep Wyandottes, Leghorns, or Orpingtons or Rhode Island Reds, you will be perfectly safe in doing so, no matter what some one else may say in favor of other breeds.

Silver Wyandotte Hen.