Home on second poultry ranch where water is plentiful. 



CHAPTER IV. 



The New Poultry Ranch on Rich Soil with Plenty of Water 



IN selecting a new location for my poultry ranch, it is needless to 

 say that I had to see the water running before buying, and this 

 new place fulfilled my wildest dreams. My old place had proven 

 beyond a doubt that I must have water. 



In looking back over my twelve years experience in the poultry 

 business in California, I see so many mistakes, so much grinding over 

 useless detail, so much useless labor, that my heart goes out in sym- 

 pathy to the beginner and I feel lik? saying just what any old successful 

 would say to those just starting. The old adage, "Learn to do by 

 doing," holds good in the raising of poultry as in all other things, but 

 the successful men in the world are keen to make use of the accumu- 

 lated knowledge on their line and thus save years of toiling and 

 experimenting. 



That the man that has the ability to start in where the other man 

 leaves off is the man that is able to progress. "Learn to do by doing" 

 is the only practical way to become an expert poultryman, but by 

 using the accumulated experience of others we are able to start doing 

 the right thing instead of groping blindly for a right system. There is 

 a way to do the right thing in the right place and at the right time, 

 and if we can make this "doing" count while we arj getting experience, 

 then we save time. 



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