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34376Would their wild ancestors( supposing them to have the same characteristics) be equally fertile?
29273Will they come to any one else?
39205What are the other relative expenses of these breeds?
38606Are you a lover of nature?
38606Are you a philanthropist?
38606Are you a utilitarian?
38606But have not the records of every age proved that enthusiasts are invariably the pioneers of improvement?
38606The comb of the Game male bird is as beautifully formed as that of the Dorking; why then rob it of this great ornament?
38606Why should we import any?
38606Yet the question, what is their precise effect?
13254A Big Business; Growing Bigger Less Ham and More Eggs Who Gets the Hen Money?
13254Are all lots alike?
13254But how are we to do it?
13254CHAPTER II WHAT BRANCH OF THE POULTRY BUSINESS?
13254CHAPTER II WHAT BRANCH OF THE POULTRY BUSINESS?
13254Can a living for a family be made from a five acre poultry farm?
13254Can this be done?
13254Corporation or Co- operation?
13254Did anyone suppose forty years ago that the unsettled valley around Pasadena would ever produce one thousand dollars per acre in one year?
13254Does it prove the law?
13254Graph- Is There Money in Poultry?]
13254I have frequently had the question put to me in the smoker of a Pullman car,"Do not epidemic diseases make the poultry business precarious?"
13254Is it a dream?
13254Is this too big or too little?
13254Mr. Harwood, in the World''s Work for May, 1908, after describing the"City of a Million Hens,"raises the question,"If in Petaluma, why not anywhere?"
13254WHAT IS IN THIS VOLUME CHAPTER I IS THERE MONEY IN THE POULTRY BUSINESS?
13254Who Gets the Hen Money?
13254Who gets it?
13254Why did the California fruit trade develop?
13254Why has not this thing been done before?
13254Why is combined and specialized production more economical?
13254Why is this true?
13254Why not then in agriculture?
13254Why?
13254Will Co- operation Work?
13254Will this community be promoted by corporation or by co- operation?
13254Would the farmer''s guess be too big or too small?
41966And if our Chickens have the gapes, who will make horse- hair loops and pull the little Worms out of their throats? 41966 Annoying?"
41966Are they at all like what you had before coming here?
41966Are they to live on this farm?
41966Are we to have that sort of people on this farm? 41966 But who will take care of us?"
41966Did any of your playmates over there go around with their mouths open?
41966Did n''t some Duck stand it long enough to hatch me?
41966Did you notice how he put on his coat before he began to eat?
41966Do I know?
41966Do n''t you know any better than to come blundering along when a body is in the middle of a fine dust bath? 41966 Do n''t you see that the Man is getting ready to open the crate?"
41966Do n''t you see?
41966Do you know what I will do if a new Farmer tries to make me lay my eggs where he wishes?
41966Do you know where my Chickens were hatched?
41966Do you see that tall White Plymouth Rock Cock over there?
41966Do? 41966 Do?"
41966Ever been across the road?
41966Hatch you? 41966 Hatch you?
41966Have you come far?
41966Have you come here to stay?
41966How did she know what we did over there?
41966How does it taste?
41966How long?
41966I wonder if she will take her dust bath now?
41966If they were longer they would ache more, would n''t they?
41966Is there plenty to eat here?
41966Now is n''t that just like the Man? 41966 Oh,_ why_ ca n''t we go?"
41966Shall we die?
41966Then why do n''t you shut your eyes?
41966What are you doing here?
41966What business have you to be tagging me around like this? 41966 What did my mother do when her eggs did n''t hatch?"
41966What did you let us be sick for then?
41966What do you mean?
41966What have you now?
41966What if they try to drive you?
41966What is that?
41966What is that?
41966What is the matter with those Chickens?
41966What makes you talk about such things?
41966What next?
41966What was the danger?
41966What will ever become of us,asked the Hens,"if the family moves to town?
41966What will you do to them?
41966What''s the matter with these Chickens?
41966What?
41966Where did they come from?
41966Where do you suppose they came from?
41966Who else could you be?
41966Why did he do that?
41966Why did n''t we think of that before?
41966Why did n''t you tell us to eat more gravel or something? 41966 Why did you bother to tell her that?
41966Why did you come in here?
41966Why do n''t you go?
41966Why do n''t you like him?
41966Why not? 41966 Why?"
41966Why?
41966Will they take us into town?
41966Would n''t it be fun to see the Young Cock get punished by the Shanghai?
41966You do n''t mean for the_ Hens_, do you?
41966You do n''t suppose I can remember that, do you?
41966You do not?
41966All of us are now, except the Gander and the White Cock, and you do n''t really care for them, do you?"
41966Are the Farmer''s people moving away?"
41966But, what do you think?
41966Ca n''t you tell one kind of bird from another?"
41966Did I ever tell you that I cared for my father''s Chickens when I was a little girl?
41966Do you think I''d hang back then?
41966Do you?"
41966How do you like the idea of living on this place?"
41966How long is it since you hatched them?"
41966How would you like to have me come trotting down the road, just as you were nicely sprawled out in it with your feathers full of dust?
41966Indeed, she laughed outright once, when she heard the old Rouen Duck say to the White Cock,"Do n''t you think that our Ducklings are growing finely?"
41966It was enough to make her lose her patience to have nine children all asking questions at the same time, and each saying"Why?"
41966The first Hen to go on a nest exclaimed,"Why, who was here ahead of me?"
41966What are those fowls outside?
41966What do you think of the company here?"
41966What if our mother does scold when we get back?
41966Where are you?"
41966Why does n''t she just find another place, as the other Hens do?"
41966Why does she put her mouth up against his in that way?
41966You could n''t spank them, could you?
41966You know how the Farmer does at noon?
41966said the Barred Plymouth Rock Hen,"put me in one pen and my Chickens in another?
40872''A present, eh?'' 40872 ''Are they good layers?''
40872''Ave you?
40872''But they must eat a great deal?'' 40872 ''But when do they set?''
40872''Did you ever see the birds that lay such eggs?'' 40872 ''Domestic fowl''s egg?''
40872''Mean?'' 40872 ''O, where, tell me where,''is my bonnie friend John Moore, and mine ancient_ frère_ Morse, and my loved chum Howard, and the wily Butters?
40872''One egg? 40872 ''Tell me, doctor,''gasped Green,''what do you think of my Great Pagoda?''
40872''Want to buy an egg?'' 40872 ''Where is the monster?''
40872''_ What!_''yelled Bill, jumping wildly up from the table;''what do you say, Major?'' 40872 A thousand?"
40872All what?
40872And I''ll call it the-- the--_what_?
40872And this is the hen?
40872But you_ will_ sell them, I s''pose?
40872Ca n''t it be done in_ one_ week?
40872Can you duplicate this lot?
40872Do n''t you know?
40872Extra pains-- how?
40872FRIEND B----: What has become of all the trade? 40872 Fanny?"
40872Have you seen W----''s stock, lately? 40872 How do you like''em?"
40872How much''ll it cost?
40872How shall I do it, John?
40872How''ll that do? 40872 Is Mr. B---- at home?
40872Is n''t that music? 40872 Is this_ your_ hen, sir?"
40872Never heard of Burnham''s Cochin- Chinas?
40872No? 40872 No?
40872Seriously, friend B----, what does all this mean? 40872 So you have made several new_ breeds_ during_ one_ year''s crossing, eh?
40872Take a seat, sir?
40872The what?
40872Two thousand?
40872What breed is it?
40872What do you get for such as these?
40872What is she doing?
40872What luck, Tom?
40872What will you charge me, Mr. B----, to allow them to be sent to you?
40872What will you take for her?
40872What will you_ take_ for those two fowls?
40872What''s the price of_ b''iled eggs_, Bill?
40872What''s them?
40872What- do- I- care- for--_yoo_?
40872What_ is_ it, doctor?
40872What_ is_ that?
40872Where are the rest, John?
40872Where are the''Committee,''and the''Judges,''and the''Trustees,''and the''Managers''? 40872 Where''s Bennett?"
40872Who''s dead?
40872Why do n''t you act like a man? 40872 Will you permit me to send them to you as a present, sir?"
40872Will you sell her?
40872Will you sell him?
40872Will you take eight hundred?
40872Will you take_ four_ hundred dollars for the nine chickens, sir?
40872Will you_ name_ a price for them?
40872_ Five_ thousand?
40872_ So?_said Phineas, putting his fist gently out of sight.
40872do nt yu wish ide pade the postige on this leter? 40872 ''Why, Major, what the deuce do you mean?'' 40872 ( Perhaps they were-- who knows?) 40872 Again:_ Who_ are the gentlemen who recommend such a course? 40872 Am I dealing with a gentleman? 40872 Am I to be swindled out of my money thus? 40872 Among this well- informed(?) 40872 An''t you? 40872 And did n''t the boys run after her? 40872 And did n''t they want to buy her? 40872 And when, in the language of the enthusiastic Mr. Snooks( at the Statehouse in 1850), will that Association begin''to be forever perpetuated,''--eh? 40872 And where''s Pedder-- the immaculate Pedder? 40872 And why should n''t I have the highest price? 40872 And, finally,Fanny"hatched a brace of chickens; and_ did n''t_ she crow for and over_ them_?
40872And_ did n''t_ she continue to crow, too?
40872Are n''t they good''uns?''
40872Are they all cured?
40872Are they dead, or only''kilt''?
40872As''ow, then?"
40872But ide like yu tu tell me how Blak chickns an wite chickns an sum of em_ orl_ Cullers tu, can cum out of pure bludded Aigs, or pure bludded fouls?
40872But there was_ no_ profit whatever resulting from the undertaking,--and why?
40872Ca n''t we offer another single prescription?
40872Can we look at Mr. B----''s fowls?
40872Can we see his Cochin- Chinas?
40872Can you duplicate them?
40872Can you inform me what is good for_ lice_ on fowls?
40872Can you supply me?
40872Can you supply me?
40872Come and see my stock, B----, wo n''t you?
40872Come-- will you?
40872Could I get back two or three dollars apiece for this lot, do you think, at public sale?
40872Could n''t you take them, and get up another fresh guy on a''new importation''??
40872Could n''t you take them, and get up another fresh guy on a''new importation''??
40872Did he ever exist at all?
40872Did n''t everybody flock to see her, and to hear"Fanny"crow?
40872Did n''t everybody so declare?
40872Did n''t it?
40872Did n''t that stupid boy give you my note, when he left the chickens?''
40872Did n''t the press and the poultry- books concede this, without an exception?
40872Did n''t they bid high for her, at last?
40872Did this take him down?
40872Did you say_ all_?
40872Do n''t you feel a squirming in your conscience?
40872Do n''t you think this a pooty impersition?
40872Do n''t you wish you may get another$ 30 out of me, that way?
40872Do you think, John, that we could find something in England that would knock''em, here?"
40872Do you want them?
40872Do you want what I''ve got left?
40872Do yu spose I''ve gut money so plenty as to throw it way in this manner?
40872Has the bottom fallen out, entirely?
40872Has the fever passed by?
40872Has the_ last_ man been heard from?
40872Has there been found''a balm in Gilead''to heal the wounds of the afflicted sufferers?
40872Have all departed, and left no_ wreck_ behind?
40872Havn''t you got the pluck to own up that other people have done for you what you never had the gumption to do for yourself?
40872He should have thanked, rather than have abused me, surely,--for did n''t he thus obtain a_ variety_ of"pure"stock, from one and the same source?
40872Hear_ that_?
40872How can you sleep nights?
40872How could i tell wether their was chickns in the egs or not?
40872How have you made it?"
40872How is this?
40872How long do you suppose such infamous things as these can last?
40872How long will a few old fogies thus stultify themselves?
40872How many poultry- raisers in the United States are there who would be likely to comprehend one line of this stuff?
40872How much shall I pay you to receive them?
40872How shall I remit you?
40872How was that agreement fulfilled?
40872How_ can_ there be?
40872I re- read his sharp communication, and I found the sentence again,"Who_ are you_?
40872I told her of my fears,--and_ did n''t_ she crow?
40872I_ think_ the dance is concluded; and if it is n''t time to''blow out the lights''and shut down the gate, just let us know,--will you?
40872If so, at what price?
40872In the fall of his first year as a"practical agriculturist,"I met him casually, and I said,"A----, how does the farming succeed with you?
40872Is anybody hurt?
40872Is it possible?
40872Is n''t he a beauty, this BOTHER''EM POOTRUM?
40872Is n''t that a crow, for a hen-- eh?"
40872Is n''t that heavenly?"
40872Is n''t this_ clear_, reader?
40872Is not this the manner in which he has frequently played his card; or, in other words,''laid''em all out''?
40872Is the thing finished?
40872Is there_ no_ way that you can help me out?"
40872It seemed to say, as plainly as words could have uttered it,"Who are_ you_?
40872Jewett, and President Kimball, and know- nothing King, and the reverend Marsh, and Pendletonian Pendleton of Pendleton Hill, and their satellites?
40872Let me know about this, will you?
40872Might we take a look at the chickens?"
40872Mr. B----, will you make an offer for the remainder?
40872My friend, what will you take for your egg?''
40872Now, what the devil can_ I_ do, do you imagine, with ten cocks?
40872Or are you a mere shambles- huckster?
40872Or is it made of ingy- rubber, or gutter- perchy?
40872Or, must we have the_ pure_ bloods to sit upon them?
40872SIR: Do you call yourself a man of honor?
40872Sir, I love''em, I love''em,--an''who shall_ dar''_ To chide me for lovin''and praisin''them_''are_?
40872That''s the cock?"
40872The internal formation of a hen is scarcely believed to resemble that of a human being, surely; and why such medicinal applications, pray?
40872These gentlemen stared at the engravings, exclaimed,"_ Can_ it be?"
40872To which he replied, briefly,"Is_ that_ all?
40872Try and make up your mind to be satisfied with something else-- won''t you?
40872Upon my word, those are very fine indeed,--do you know it?"
40872Was that any business of_ mine_?
40872Was there ever such a show seen, or heard of, ladies and gentlemen, as this which you are now the witnesses of?
40872Were not my fowls the"choicest specimens"ever seen in America?
40872What am I to do with them, sir-- do yu think?
40872What are these fowls bred from?
40872What are they?"
40872What are we to do?
40872What are your strains?
40872What can I do with them?
40872What can you do for me?"
40872What did all the nonsense in the resolutions passed at the National Poultry Show in New York about the nomenclature of fowls effect?
40872What do you propose to do about this?
40872What do you think of an auction?
40872What do you think of that?
40872What does this mean?
40872What does this mean?
40872What has become of the premiums that were_ awarded_ at the last show in Boston?
40872What have you sent me?
40872What is your opinion?
40872What is your price for such a pair as that, for instance?"
40872What was five thousand dollars to me?
40872What will you take for them?"
40872What you after?
40872What''ll I do?
40872What''ll we do with them?
40872What''s the matter?''
40872What''s the_ lowest_ price you''ll name for them?"
40872When did you discover this extraordinary and singular fact, my dear sir?
40872When did you import it, and how has it been bred?
40872When will the''copy''be ready?"
40872Where are they all?
40872Where d''you get him?"
40872Where is the''Society''whose name,''like linked sweetness long drawn out,''I have n''t time to write?
40872Where is_ that_ balance in the_ Treasurer''s_ hands,''--and where is that functionary himself?
40872Where were the_ forty_ MANAGERS when the above''resolution''was passed?
40872White,_ et i d omne genus_?
40872Who ever wished to"produce any evidence"on this subject, pray?
40872Who will gainsay this position?
40872Who_ are you_?
40872Why do n''t they give their_ names_?
40872Why do n''t you act fair,--and tell where the genuine fowls can be got, and of who?
40872Why should they?
40872Why this desire to overturn_ established_ names?
40872Why, where did it come from?''
40872Will they hatch under our common hens?
40872Will you buy them--_any_how?
40872Will you buy them?
40872Will you give anything for them?"
40872Will you send me a pair of_ Cochins_, or not?
40872Will you take them?
40872Would n''t you like to cage_ me_ up--_s- a- y_?"
40872You can see it,--but you say you do n''t want to purchase any?"
40872You say you''want a pedigree,''and that you''must have it;''and you inquire who_ I_ am?
40872You''re sticking it into the people nicely,--don''t you think you are?
40872_ Carnt_ you?
40872_ Do_ they?"
40872ai nt yu a Pooty kine of mann?
40872but i did nt sa nothin, cause wy?
40872come, now, be quiet!--will you?''
40872do nt yu feel nice wen Yu heer about the luck that peeple has with the stuf you impose on em in this shaimfull maner?
40872do nt yu think yu ort tu hav yure Naim put in the nuspapper an let em say more''n fifty times a Munth that yu breed onny pure Impoted stock?
40872haddn''t yu Better try it on--_hay_?
40872what''s_ that_?"
40872{"_ Who''s afraid?_"}{"_ Not this child!_"} Police.