22 POULTRY FARMING 
The Business of Poultry Farming.—Poultry farming is essen- 
tially a diversified industry, possessing a great variety in character 
of products. The greatest success is obtained where a combi- 
nation of products are produced which best meet the market 
demands and which are most economical of production with the 
equipment and stock at hand. The poultry farmer can receive 
a revenue from any one or all of the following products as he may 
see fit to organize his work: Table eggs, hatching eggs, baby 
chicks, breeding stock, utility and show birds, market poultry 
in the form of broilers, roasters, and capons, feathers and manure. 
Any of the above can be run as a specialty or side line; they can 
be run under intensive or extensive conditions. This wide variety 
makes possible the supplying of a varied demand. 
The opportunities are becoming increasingly greater each year, 
‘due in large measure to an ever-increasing demand for products 
of fine quality, and also owing to the fact that better prices are 
constantly being received for products of good quality. 
Types of Poultrymen.—All poultry keepers can be classified 
or divided into groups according to the extent of their business 
and the character of products produced. A brief discussion of 
such a classification follows. 
The Poultry Farmer——The poultry farmer is essentially a 
specialist, devoting all of his efforts to the production of poultry 
and associated products. He invests not only his time but his 
money in the enterprise. He is usually the owner, manager, and 
in most cases performs much of the labor essential to the business. 
Such farms are usually large with reference to the number of birds 
kept, and are usually located near large centres of population. 
The commercial products are usually eggs or meat, and sometimes 
a combination of both. 
Success means constant application to the details of the farm 
work. A well-balanced and sufficient equipment is necessary, and 
some surplus cash is desirable to use in case of need. The land 
upon which such a specialized industry is run must be especially 
adapted to the werk. The farmer himself must be well trained 
in the technic of poultry management. The more experience he 
has had the safer will be the business and the greater the profits. 
Special care must be given to hatching and the successful rearing 
of the young stock, for on large farms of this type many birds 
must be reared, and the danger of disease and overcrowding is 
always present. The poultry farmer must be a man of good 
