Excerpt from Poultry Experiments: A Record of Six Hundred Hens Many people Who have given the poultry industry little careful thought or attention are of the Opinion that the poul try business Of this country is relatively unimportant. Instead Of this being the case, however, this industry stands in the front rank among the standard crops and products as regards its value as a wealth producer. Indeed it may be said to lead all others in respect to the value Of its products when com pared with the money invested. During the year 1907' poultry products were produced in the United States, according to the Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, to the value of This is greater than the value Of the wheat crop for 1907, and exceeds the combined value of the oat crop, the potato crop, the rye crop, and the flax seed crop by Only three crops exceeded poultry products in value. These were corn, hay and cotton. By far the greater part Of the poultry products that en ter into commerce are produced by the millions Of small farm flocks that are scattered over the entire United States. Gonse quently it is quite proper that most Of the studies that are carried on by the Experiment Stations for the further develop ment Of the poultry business should be directly and especially applicable to the conditions which prevail on the average farm. On the other hand, the problems that confront those Who are making a specialty of poultry culture and who are keeping fowls, not by tens or twenties, but by hundreds or even thousands, should receive a just share Of attention. 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.