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value, ere the word profit can be applied to it at all. 

 Thus, it may not count for much if a man's flock of 

 fowls is paying him a profit of $800 per year ; if he has 

 .given up a position which paid him $1000, he is rais- 

 ing poultry at a loss. That is, this is the case, unless 

 his other work was an injury to his health, or he gets 

 sufficient pleasure, or profit (if it is 1,'profit" to him) 

 in some side line to make up the difference to him. — 

 [Myra V. Norys in Farm Poultry. 



STARTING IN THE POULTRY BUSINESS 



An inquiry comes to our desk: "How much does 

 it cost per hen per year, and what is a reasonable per- 

 centage of profit on an investment in the egg and 

 broiler business?" It is assumed that the party asking 

 that question has sufficient capital to start, but knows 

 nothing about the business. Probably he has been 

 building air castles ; has figured out on paper the huge 

 profits that will eventually make him wealthy. Or, on 

 the other hand, he may be a man of limited capital and 

 wants to begin right. 



There are two classes to whom satisfaction cannot 

 be given : The first, those who have a lot of capital 

 and no experience, and who want to begin on a gigan- 

 tic scale. The second, those who have a limited capital 

 and no experience, and who cannot afford to begin on 

 a small scale, as they want to make a living from the 

 start. A successful poultry farm must grow. It must 

 be started on the ground floor. Capital is necessary, 

 but capital without brains will be useless. "Money 'nd 

 fools soon part." . 



To get to the question : "How much does it cost 

 per hen per year?" An estimate for years accepted 

 by the poultry fraternity has been that it costs $1 

 a year, to keep a hen, and that $1 a year is the 



