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account of losing so much money, and while in it, these men 

 were all good fanciers and liked the game, and would have 

 stayed, if their managers had put their plants on a paying 

 basis. 



I will tell of one poultryman I have in mind, who had the 

 management of five good poultry plants. This manager made 

 a failure of them all, and the owners lost thousands of dollars. 

 This manager could not breed winners, therefore, he had to 

 buy them. 



No manager can put a plant on a paying basis if he cannot 

 breed winners. A poultry-man who does not understand mat- 

 ing and growing, is bound to make a failure of the Fancy 

 Poultry business. Men of this class, as managers, are doing 

 much damage to the Fancy as moneyed men lose interest in it, 

 when dividends are not forthcoming. 



A man who has money and wants to have a little pleasure in 

 breeding fancy poultry and still make it a paying investment, 

 should go about it in the following way : The first thing to 

 be done is to look for a Poultry Manager, one who has a good 

 reputation of breeding winners. The next thing is to agree 

 upon a salary. You cannot exi)ect to get a poultry manager, 

 who has a good reputation, for less than $1,200 to $1,500 a 

 year. You can get a poultry manager to manage a One-man 

 plant cheaper. One of the best propositions to make a poultry 

 manager and have him work for your interest and his own, 

 too, is to let him know that you are willing to give him a good 

 salary, providing he can put your plant on a good paying basis. 

 Offer him a proposition like this : that you will give him $65.00 

 a month and a ten per cent, commission on all cash business. 

 Now if the man thoroughly understands his business, he will 

 take you up on the ten per cent, basis, for he could soon put 

 your plant where his salary would be from $1,200 to $1,500 a 

 year. I think that if all poultry managers were on a ten per 



