62 MAKING A SUCCESSFUL START 



to look far and carefully before purchasing the adult birds which 

 are to make or mar his whole future. 



System the Key Word. — The one point above all others which 

 the poultryman must be sure to consider is the absolute necessity 

 of sj'stem in all branches of his work. The poultry business, which 

 is composed largely of definite details, requires a careful systema- 

 tizing, not only in the keeping of books and accounis, but in all 

 the routine work, — as, feeding, hatching, brooding, breeding, and 

 preparing for market. The work can be done much more easily 

 and cheaply by having system; it can be done each time with the 

 same degree of care, and the danger of overlooking any detail 

 is lessened. The three stepping-stones to success in the work are 

 system, promptness, and energy. 



REVIEW. 



1. Why is a modest beginning to be desired? 



2. Why is the right personaHty so essential in pouhry keeping? 



3. Enumerate the quahties of a successful poultryman. 



4. Name four ways in which it is possible to learn the poultry business. 



5. What are the three business principles of poultr}- keeping? 



6. Give a classification of a poultryman's capital. 



7. What is meant by fixed and by circulating capital? 



8. In what respect is land capital? 



9. What should be thp economic limit to investment in buildings? 



10. What is the invariable result of overcapitalization at the start? 



11. Discu.ss the economic limitation of production in respect to capitalization 



12. How is the colony system especially adapted to the small investor? 



13. What influences the time to start in the poultry business? 



14. What is the safest procedure to achieve success? 



15. Enumerate factors which tend to hinder success. 



16. What is the value of system in all operations? 



