Large flock system with free range. No longer in use. Disease is hard to control 



in a large flock. 



If I were to start over again I would go to the most successful 

 poultryman I could find, put on my overalls, roll up my sleeves and go 

 to work. If he could not pay me wages, I would work for my board. 

 If I could not earn my board, I would pay for the privilege of working 

 with hens until I had found out the secret of how to make hens pay. 

 This is one of the surest ways of becoming proficient in the art of 

 making poultry pay. Another way is to start in on a small scale and 

 accumulate experience in off hours. Perhaps our most successful 

 poultrymen have started in this way. Another way, and a very good 

 way, is to locate in the neighborhood of a group of successful poultrymen 

 and from observation and mingling and enthusiasm engendered at 

 their poultry meetings be carried on to a degree of success otherwise 

 impossible to one all alone. A community of poultry raisers located 

 on rich soil with plenty of cheap water for irrigation and a home 

 market makes ideal conditions for the amateur. The very air is 

 permeated with poultry enthusiasm which carries a man on to far 

 greater success than he is ever able to accomplish in an isolated 

 district. 



A community located on a poor soil with no cheap water for 

 irrigation and far away from market will never succeed as a whole, and 

 only tends to leave an impression of poverty. You must have these 



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