20 COMMON SENSE NECESSARY 



the United States census reports. Does that look 

 like an unprofitable business? Could an unprofit- 

 able business grow to such an enormous industry? 



The man who works and uses good common 

 sense in the poultry business is going to make a 

 success of it. Remember, success in this business 

 is not always measured by the dollar you put into 

 it. It is the management of the plant which brings 

 about the profits. If perhaps you are going into 

 the poultry business as an investment and do not 

 intend conducting it yourself great care should be 

 exercised to select the proper man to manage such 

 an institution. Good managers are not picked up 

 every day. There are many who pose as being 

 capable of handling anything in that line, but 

 when placed in charge prove themselves incompe- 

 tent. On a large plant where more help is needed 

 it is much better to have an expert poultryman 

 surrounded with ordinary laborers than to have all 

 half way poultrymen, and no one who is fully 

 qualified to handle all the details of such an under- 

 taking. One good man who knows his business 

 can get along with inexperienced help and win out. 



There are people who go into the poultry busi- 

 ness with the idea that all they need do is to buy 

 an incubator, say, for instance of 250 egg capac- 

 ity, fill it up, hatch 250 chicks, and then sit idly 

 t>y and in the fall take these 250 chicks to the 

 market and carry home $150, the proceeds of the 



