MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY 



Another successful man states that the most 

 economical time to start the business is in the 

 spring when day-old chicks can be secured and 

 purchased at a lower cost than is possible in 

 the buying of laying stock at other seasons of 

 the year. He further advises that the greatest 

 mistake made by many starting in the poultry 

 business is the lack of adequate capital. Too 

 many invest all of their money before any 

 income can be secured, according to this man. 

 Should there be a set-back during the first 

 year or two, there is no way of continuing and 

 the whole investment may be lost. 



Still another practical man states that "Site 

 is, in my opinion, the most important factor to 

 be considered after the decision is made that a 

 person wishes to go into the poultry business. 

 Successful poultry keeping probably requires 

 more careful selection of a farm than any 

 other agricultural industry. There should be 

 light soil with good air and water drainage and 

 an area of sufficient size to permit shifting the 

 poultry on different areas as a means of pre- 

 venting disease infection and as a means of 

 securing vigor in the birds." He, too, points 

 out that old poultry farms should not be con- 

 sidered by prospective poultrymen unless they 

 have been approved by an expert in these lines, 

 for the reason that these farms are frequently 



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