10 POULTRY FOR PROFIT 



Poultry work has paid many people; it may not 

 pay you. 



A great deal of literature has been published, 

 chiefly by people who had something to sell, calling 

 attention to the easy money in the chicken business. 

 It is quite time a gullible public stopped listening to 

 these sirens' songs. There is no easy money in the 

 chicken business. Some men are making fortunes; 

 many are finding a good living ; and many others are 

 adding materially to their income by raising poultry ; 

 but it is through "long days of labor and nights de- 

 void of ease." No work is more exacting, no hours 

 longer, no experiences at times more discouraging, 

 no business more at the mercy of untoward tides 

 and winds of circumstance; and yet no work has, 

 for the right man or woman, more real pleasure and 

 profit. 



If you have a clear head and strong feet; if you 

 love good fowls and hard work; if you have it in 

 you to rise at five o'clock of a cold, wet morning 

 to see that chicks and hens have their meals at reg- 

 ular hours, and to spend the evening going the 

 rounds of your houses to see that crops are full and 

 every fowl comfortable; if you can give up part of 

 your Sundays and most of your holidays for the sake 

 of your fowls ; if you are willing to study and plan 

 and keep accounts, then consider that you can suc- 

 ceed with poultry. This is "a man's job." If you 

 are looking for something easy, let it alone. 



HOW TO BEGIN 



The way to begin, as a famous statesman said of 

 the resumption of specie payments, is to begin. Right 

 where you are is the place ; right now the time ; but 

 don't make the mistake of thinking you can drop 

 the business you are engaged in and, without experi- 



