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vices, there is no reason why one man cannot 

 successfully take care of this number of birds, 

 particularly where a man is starting on new 

 ground where there have never been any chickens 

 and therefore less chance of disease. We advise 

 buying baby chicks rather than partly grown 

 or mature stock. If he follows a definite economic 

 and sanitary program right from the start, there 

 is no reason why his plant should not carry 

 on profitably, indefinitely." 



This practical man says further: "It is our 

 experience that the majority of the people going 

 into the poultry business go in c blind.' Their 

 chicken houses are put up irrespective of range 

 facilities and then after two or three years when 

 they begin to run into trouble they find their 

 mistakes. I would suggest that you point out 

 to prospective poultrymen the advisability of 

 first, buying land and developing their own 

 poultry plant rather than trying to make over 

 someone else's plant; second, buying in a location 

 where buying and selling facilities have been 

 developed; third, getting in touch with a 

 reliable local poultryman for guidance in laying 

 out his plant and following only one advisor. 

 By hooking up with only one poultryman he is 

 presented with one way of doing things which 

 this poultryman has found successful in his own 

 business." 



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