"Well, my boy, I think I have told you all that you
need know to set you going in the poultry line. You will
find it better to begin with fowls rather than attempt
ducks, geese, or turkeys. You want to get your hand in
at feeding and rearing before you tackle larger stock ;
and you will do this the easier by keeping fowls than by
going in for the other kind. Granted, ducks and geese
are very hardy; but they want a bigger range than you
have at present, and you will find that there is a better
call in these parts for eggs than for table poultry. How-
ever, there might be a chance of your doing something in
dead fowls ; so if you care to have just one more chat I



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shall be pleased to tell you how I dispose of the surplus
eggs and birds, and how I send them out to private
customers.
" It will not give you the highest return to trade in the
usual way, by selling to the shops, or attempting to supply
the markets, until you are in quite a large way ; and even
then you will find the prlivate-house trade the best to get.
