SEPARATE POULTRY INDUSTRIES 



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large revenues are received for the various classes of market poul- 

 try; at other seasons of the year it would not pay to ship them. 

 The broiler season extends from September to January; a good 

 roaster can be sold at any time of the year, but often at a re- 

 duced price per pound; capons bring the highest prices from 



FIG. 23. A farm for intensive egg production. Three thousand birds housed on five acres. 



November to March. A broiler during the height of the season 

 often brings as high as fifty or sixty cents per pound. Out of the 

 season twenty cents is a good price, which may be less than the 

 cost of production. 



A new phase of the poultry business is the community hatchery 

 (Fig. 11). A poultryman who understands the business and is 



FIG. 24. A farm for the production of fancy poultry. Note the small units, systemat- 

 ically arranged, making special matings possible. (Courtesy of Harmony Park.) 



suitably located takes eggs from smaller poultrymen, hatches them, 

 and delivers the chicks at hatching time, or in some cases broods 

 them to the age of three or more weeks. 



One of the greatest specialties of the business is that of the 

 poultry breeder who improves his birds by careful matings, ex- 

 hibits at shows, and sells eggs, chicks, and adult birds entirely for 

 breeding purposes (Fig. 24). Success in this branch depends on 

 the name and standing which the breeder has. 



