Présentation de l'éditeur
In offering this bulletin to the public, my first object is to answer the many letters of inquiry received, which from lack of time, 1have been forced to answer by letter, all too briefly. My second object is to iresent to you a good form of food supply which has been sadly neglected in this country of ours, and one which has more than enough good points to commend it to your attention. I have always been a great lover of our Bird and Animal friends, and friends they surely are, much more so than most of us realize, for without them we could not exist. Our birds not only supply us wdth many forms of food but they helj) to make conditions more sanitary, keep down the insect pests and vermon so that our crops are possible, and delight us with their beauty and song. Our animal friends are our most important form of meat supply and their skins and fur help to clothe us, so you see that many are doubly useful. During the past twenty years 1have raised thousands of birds and animals of many varieties and naturalh .hae gained much knowledge as to those most useful to man. Being one with a family of children to provide for, I know all too well how hard it is to properly clothe, feed, and educate our children to-day. The cost of our clothing and food supply is way out of proportion to the wages received by the average man. If our wages are raised, the prices of our food advances so that the man to-day with wages two and three times as much as that received a few years ago, really finds it harder to provide for his family than wdien he received lower wages and bought his food at a much lower price. It seems to me that the proper way to lower the prices of our food supply is for all of us to do all we can in the way of supplying ourselves with such things that we need, that it is possible for us to raise. Meat is the most expensive item of our food supply, principally
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