A LIVING FROM THE LAND 



sents the average current consumption where 

 lights are used. 



Practical Suggestions for Efficient Management. 

 A number of successful poultrymen were recently 

 asked to state the requisites for success in 

 the poultry industry, with particular reference 

 to what is known as the one-man poultry flock. 

 Such a flock is of adequate size to take practically 

 the full time of one person in its operation. As 

 the result of the development of standardized 

 feeding practices, improved equipment and 

 better methods of management, the maxi- 

 mum number of birds that can be successfully 

 managed by one person has greatly increased 

 in recent years. Likewise, the problems of 

 proper feeding, adequate disease control and 

 successful selling have increased as the size 

 of the unit has grown and as greater intensive- 

 ness is practiced. 



All of the successful men questioned advised 

 that the keeping of poultry should be begun in a 

 small way in order that experience can be gained 

 without the risk of losing the initial investment, 

 or that the intending operator should gain 

 practical knowledge of the business by working 

 on a poultry farm for a year. Valuable knowledge 

 can also be gained by attending short courses 

 in poultry husbandry that are being offered at 



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