Excerpt from Improvement Era, Vol. 9: Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations; May 1906 Poultry-keeping. - This has come to be a fad with so many professional men that the Utah Poultry Association is under their control. That poultry-keeping serves a useful purpose in the economy of the home, every house-wife can testify, and I shall endeavor to show that it may be made a valuable means of educa tion. If a young man is going to enter upon this activity intelli gently, he must know the origin, characteristics, and classification of the various breeds of domestic fowls; what kind of houses and sheds to build; what sort of inexpensive material will best keep out the frost in winter; how best to arrange roosts, nests, scratching room, and dust baths; the use of litter, gravel, and grit; the kinds of food needed and their relative proportions; and when and how to feed. The reading of a few first-class poultry magazines or books, and a number of agricultural bulletins, dealing with the application of chemical and biological science to the poultry indus try, will convince anyone that there is here abundant room for brain activity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.