MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY 



most agricultural colleges with a very moderate 

 expenditure of funds. 



One of these successful men writes as follows : 

 "We are working with a man now who was let 

 out of a position recently but who has some 

 savings and who desires to go into the poultry 

 business. He has purchased six acres of ground, 

 has built a bungalow on it and has the founda- 

 tions in for three laying houses of 500 birds' 

 capacity each. He will have ample range for 

 a two-yards system for each laying house, and, 

 in addition, will have two ranges to alternate 

 yearly for growing his young stock. His program 

 calls for putting out about 2,400 chicks yearly 

 from which he should have at least 1,000 pullets, 

 which he will house in two of the laying houses. 

 The following year he will carry over about 

 500 of these birds and can fill up with 1,000 

 pullets. This is to be a one-man plant with 

 possibly some assistance in the spring. 



"I feel that 1,500 birds is the minimum re- 

 quired from which one man can make a living, 

 and five acres devoted to poultry, properly laid 

 out, is sufficient area for this purpose. If more 

 land is available, so much the better. These are 

 minimum requirements, as I see it, and with 

 regular feed deliveries directly to the poultry 

 house, running water and other labor-saving de- 



