FACTORS IN LOCATION 



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investor. He should secure conditions which will guarantee the 

 best development of the fowls. Then the markets will take care 

 of themselves. If the breeder once secures good stock and, by 

 careful breeding, produces a winning strain, he will not have to 

 hunt for markets. There are, however, Certain locations where 

 high-class birds have been bred for a longer time and where a 

 greater demand has developed. In such places a market is much 

 surer for the beginner with small investment. He will be aided 

 in selling good birds by the reputation of the locality. He must 

 be content in producing for local market at first, until he has be- 

 come expert in competition with breeders of established reputa- 

 tion. Another point to be considered is the fact that many of 



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Community system, Serrn - 



Colony 



FIG. 31. System of poultry farming. No fences are used in the community system. 

 The most fencing is required in the semi-community system. Most labor is required in-the 

 colony system. 



our noted breeders are compelled to sell a quantity of their birds 

 for meat at market prices. A suitable location with respect to 

 this is an advantage. Where markets are suitable, it is often 

 possible to combine market and fancy poultry raising, with excel- 

 lent results. 



Systems of Poultry Farming. The common systems of poultry 

 keeping which have given success in all parts of the country may 

 be classified as follows: Community system, semi-community, 

 and colony system (Fig. 31). 



Community system is a term applied to that method of housing 

 in which the birds are confined in large flocks under one roof. 

 The poultry houses are usually of the long-house type, in some 

 cases as long as five hundred feet. The yards, if any, run to the 

 front, and in some instances both to the front and to the rear. In 

 this system 1he amount of land required is relatively small, con- 



