SOME RESULTS OF FARM SURVEYS 



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The above figures give a very clear and complete insight into 

 the possibilities and opportunities offered in intensive poultry 

 production. They show the distribution of income and expenses, 

 which, if carefully studied, will enable any one keeping poultry to 

 check up his own work and by applying the same methods to an 

 analysis of his results to determine his own efficiency as a manager 

 and operator. 



The detailed analysis of such surveys as averaged above enables 

 one to determine the controlling factors in the successful manage- 

 ment of a poultry business. Space does not permit the analysis 

 of many factors, but in order to show the method and possibility 

 of such a study, the following tables are given; they show the rela- 

 tion between four very definite factors, each of which has a very 

 distinct controlling influence upon labor income and profit. These 

 factors are given in table form and in order of their importance: 



Relation of Egg Production Per Hen to Labor Income on 150 Poultry Farms 



In the above table note the increase in labor income as the 

 production per bird increases. The controlling factor in poultry 

 keeping to-day is the egg production per bird; the manager that 

 cares for his birds so as to get a good production makes money. 

 He who does not get the egg yield loses money as proven by a 

 study of the above table. 



A hen, whether she lays heavily or poorly, eats very nearly the 

 same amount of feed and requires the same amount of labor. The 

 hen which lays heavily, however, greatly increases her earning 

 power, and the profit to her owner. 



Further analyses of yields, shown in the following tables, demon- 

 strate some causes of differences in profits. 



