Chapter IX 



POULTRY AS A SOURCE OF INCOME 



THE MAJORITY of the owners of small farm 

 properties are interested in the possibilities 

 of poultry keeping as a means of adding to 

 the family income. Efforts in this direction are 

 logical from a number of angles. For example, 

 the keeping of poultry appeals to them as an 

 interesting line of work for the sake of the 

 activity itself. Furthermore, the cost of housing 

 a comparatively large number of laying hens 

 is not expensive, as compared with the invest- 

 ment required in other agricultural enterprises. 

 Again, there is a ready market for the eggs 

 and for the poultry in the neighborhood where 

 the enterprise is carried on. No doubt, too, the 

 more or less fabulous stories of easy profits have 

 stimulated a desire to get into this business 

 and to make it a rather important source of 

 income. Again, there is the thought that the 

 work involved in feeding and caring for the 

 flock can be carried on by another member 

 of the family when the owner or principal 

 bread-winner is engaged in some other activity 

 temporarily. 



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