WHERE TO LOCATE 
product out. All poultry farms in this section must grow 
their own grain or buy it of their immediate neighbors. It 
will not pay to ship grain into this region. 
When near shipping facilities, individual poultry farms in 
Section 4 have a good chance of success, especially east of the 
Mississippi. This is the most favorable region in the country 
for the establishment of poultry communities that are to grow 
their own grain. Such poultry farms will not be expected to 
confine their attention as exclusively to the business as those 
in the section where it is profitable to import the grain. \ 
Section 5 is the non-grain growing region of the South. It 
at present produces little poultry. The climate is all right 
for the purpose, but the freight rates on grain from the West 
are high and likewise the freight service and freight rates to 
the final market are excessive. Under these conditions poul- 
try farming will not pay except in a few localities as in 
Florida, where there is a high class local market due to the 
popular resorts. If grain could be profitably grown in this sec- 
tion the same type of poultry farming that prevails in Section 
4 would be advisable. Now, grain can be grown in the cotton 
belt of the South, and many Yankee farmers are making good 
money doing it. But when grown it is liable to be worth more 
to feed mules than to feed chickens. 
Section 6 is the “Down East” section of dense population. 
The land for the most part is rocky, wooded and hilly. The 
climate and nature of the soil are against the economical 
production of poultry, but the grain can be profitably fed, and 
as the markets are the best in the country, commercial poultry 
farming has gained quite a foothold. If a man is already 
located in this section and wishes to go into the poultry busi- 
ness I would by all means say, “Go ahead,” but I would not 
advise an outsider looking for a location to come here, for the 
next section has several advantages. 
Section 7 is the best poultry farming district in the United 
States, either for the individual poultry plant or for the com- 
munity of poultry growers. The reasons for this are: 
First: The soil is of a sandy nature and excellent land for 
poultry farming can be had at a low price. 
Second: The climate is much more favorable than farther 
north or farther inland. 
Third: Grain rates from the West are very reasonable. 
Fourth: The best market in the country—New York City— 
is within easy shipping distance. 
The type of poultry farming here to be recommended, like 
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