THE POULTRYMAN THE. MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR. 105 



satisfactorily. There are cases where in formation given is misleading, and the novice cannot 

 know It until by repeated experience the truth is made clear to him.' But the u>ual attitude of 

 the beginner is to look anywhere and everywhere but to himself for the causes of his trouble.*, 

 and this attitude is a greater handicap on his progress than anything else could be, for it keeps 

 him always searching outside of himself for reasons for the things that go wrong, when the 

 commonest source of trouble is his own inefficiency. 



So I say that the most important factor in poultry culture is the poultry keeper. It is only 

 as he makes himself a poultryman that one is able to get value out of good methods, good stock, 

 a good location, and good general ability. 



