22 EGGS AND POULTRY 
of work, as it is when each particular part of 
the work can be apportioned to different 
hands, and the buying, selling and producing 
can be attended to by different heads. Sup- 
plies also can be bought more cheaply in the 
quantities a large business requires than 
they can in small lots. So do not think be- 
cause your poultry farm may be a small one 
that you do not need a fair general idea 
of business; for you will be, in a way, a 
manufacturer as well as a retailer of eggs. 
2. Capital. There are two ways of starting 
the poultry business as regards capital. 
One way would be to buy an established 
farm which is paying large encugh dividends 
to support the purchaser. This would be 
practically the same proposition as the buy- 
ing of any other paying business and would 
simply be a question of whether the purchaser 
has the capital and the ability to conduct 
the new business. The far larger class of 
beginners would have to start the other 
way—with a limited capital. They would ex- 
pect and hope by their own endeavors, to 
build up the larger business. This would 
probably be the safer way, besides being the 
way leading to the greatest pleasuré and 
satisfaction. 
