Poultry Keeping for Profit. By Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart. (Vinton
and Co. 2s. net.)—" No poultry farm in England, or on the Continent, has ever been worked at a profit." What, then? Is Othello's occupation gone ? Not so ; keep poultry while you do other things; let the keeping be one of the occupations of the farm, and it will pay well enough,—if you manage it properly. You must have the right breeds ; contrive the breeding so that the eggs come at the right time; give the broods proper food at proper hours—always, for instance, at sunrise, an hour when most amateurs even in winter are not out of bed—and keep them free from disease and vermin,—that is, look after their dwellings. On all these points and others Sir W. Gilbey gives excellent practical instruction. Some will probably say : "Enough ; you have persuaded me that no one can keep poultry—to profit." But there is no need to be discouraged. If you have a little capital, are careful, industrious, intelligent—shall we add fortunate?— you will make a profit out of poultry, and, indeed, out of any- thing.
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