WHERE TO LOCATE 
jority of this area is too remote from markets for poultry 
production. The locations around the big cities in this section 
are excellent for poultry farming, as they are so far removed 
from the great farm region that their bulk of imported eggs 
are of necessity somewhat stale. California is good chicken 
country. The Puget Sound country is rather too damp. In 
the interior western regions the chicken business has not 
done well, chiefly because the atmosphere is too dry for the 
methods of artificial incubation attempted. 
Section 3 is the great granary of the world. It is also the 
home of three-fourths of the country’s poultry crop. It is a 
region of corn, cattle and hogs. Such a country will produce 
poultry in a very inexpensive manner. But it is not the region 
for special poultry farms. In the northern portion of this 
tract, we find a heavy housing expense and much winter labor 
necessary. It is a region of high priced lands and labor, and 
low prices for poultry products. 
Even the large cities in this region offer little in the way of 
demand for high grade poultry products. This is because they 
are so abundantly surrounded with farms that all produce is 
moderately fresh and plentiful. There are no successful poul- 
try farms in this section west of the Mississippi. It is the 
natural location of extensive rather than intensive branches 
of agriculture. The only type of commercial poultry farming 
that could succeed in any portion of this section would be a 
large community of producers who could ship their products 
out regularly in carload lots. Such development could only 
take place in the southern portion of this region, for the 
housing expense is too great for the north. At best the dis- 
tance from market is a disadvantage, for the rate on eggs 
just about equals the rate on the quantity of grain necessary 
to produce them. The added time of shipment is something 
of a drawback, though in refrigerator cars this is not serious. 
After the establishment of poultry communities becomes more 
common, the Oklahoma and Texas region will become availa- 
ble for this purpose, but they must be established in full swing 
at the start, for a few isolated poultrymen have no chance 
at all in this section, for they cannot sell their product to ad- 
vantage. 
Section 4. This region, extending from the Ozarks to East- 
ern Tennessee, is one of the very best poultry sections. The 
climate is such that green food is available winter and sum- 
mer, and the expense of housing and winter labor is reasona- 
ble. This section is still in the corn growing region. The 
question is almost always one of railroad facilities to get the 
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