PART III 

 HOUSING 



CHAPTER XIV 



LOCATION OF THE HOUSES AND YARDS 



THE selection of a suitable site for the poultry plant and 

 the proper location of the house and yards often makes all 

 the difference between success and failure for the poultry- 

 man. With the place already purchased, the problem is 

 simply how best to develop a small poultry plant on a 

 particular location. To the prospective poultry keeper with 

 no farm purchased, the question is, first, the choice of a suit- 

 able location, and secondly, the establishment of his plant 

 on the location he selects. 



Choosing the Poultry Farm. While the choice of the 

 poultry farm will fall to but few, three factors in connection 

 therewith will be appreciated by all poultrymen, and apply 

 equally as well to the small flock which caters to the retail 

 trade as to the large plant which caters to the wholesale 

 trade. The markets must be studied. In choosing the farm, 

 one hi close proximity to several large centers of population 

 should be selected; the nearer the city, the greater the demand 

 for eggs and poultry, but the land will also be more expensive. 

 The nearer to the market the quicker will be the delivery, 

 and quick delivery means that the eggs and poultry will be 

 fresh when they reach the consumer. 



Markets are of two general types, wholesale and retail. 

 The former, to which poultrymen ship their eggs and poultry 

 in considerable quantities, are in large cities. The eggs are 

 shipped direct to wholesale dealers or commission merchants, 

 who in turn sell them, and charge commission for their 



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