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more quality in proportion with numbers, of whatever breed 

 they made a specialty. 



I will now try to explain why a One-man plant has more 

 quality right through the flock. They are most always spe- 

 cialty breeders who give their whole time and study to the 

 breed they are handling. It stands to reason that a man can 

 get better quality by devoting all of his time to one breed. 

 The average poultry-man works about fourteen hours a dav, 

 if he is only handling one breed, that gives him a chance to 

 study this breed well. Now if he is breeding several different 

 breeds, that only gives him a few hours each day to study and 

 care for each variety. There is not a poultry-man in the bus- 

 iness to-day that handles five to seven different breeds that 

 can win in the Show Room against the specialty breeder, who 

 devotes all his time to one breed. 



I will now tell you what I consider a good One-man plant. 

 One must have about five acres of land, about one-third of the 

 land will be taken uv with the dwelling house, barn, breeding 

 coops and yards, and training quarters. This will leave you 

 two-thirds of your land for growing chickens on free range. 

 A One-man plant should consist of about twenty breeding 

 houses and yards, and should also have twenty brood coops 

 for hens and chickens. These brood coops should be scattereH 

 over the land used for free range, and should be placed at least 

 fifty feet apart. By placing the coops fifty feet apart, the hens 

 that are out on range with their brood all day will return to 

 the right coop each night. 



I have given a great deal of thought and study as to why 

 there are so many men with money, who go into the Fancy 

 Poultry business, put their whole heart and mind on it, and in 

 two or three years quit in disgust. 



Looking back only a few years I can count twenty different 

 moneyed men who gave up the breeding of Fancy Poultry on 



