18 HOW I MADE $10,000 IN ONE YEAR 



about 800 to the acre with a minimum of 2^/2 or 3 acres. 

 There are many successful poultry plants in operation 

 where this limit is exceeded, and it can be exceeded where 

 the soil is especially good or where it is planned to break 

 the operation every few years, sell off all the birds and 

 take a vacation for a year while the whole system of 

 yards is freshened by growing crops. This is the best 

 answer that can be given to the question. 



When you have agreed on a deal for your land your 

 first move should be to have it surveyed by a licensed sur- 

 veyor. This is an ordinary business precaution. You 

 ought to know that the land you are looking at is the 

 land your deed will convey to you. Then have the sur- 

 veyor make a plat of it for you on a fairly large scale. 

 This you can use in making diagrams- of the settings of 

 your various buildings and yards. Make a drawing of the 

 buildings and yards in different positions. If you do this 

 you will be able to lay out the plant to much better ad- 

 vantage than would be the case if you go at it in a ran- 

 dom sort of fashion, and your place will look all the bet- 

 ter for it. Then take a tape line and a lot of stakes and 

 stake the plant on the ground as you have drawn it on 

 your plat. Walk around from building to building as it 

 would be ; consider the idea of having to go over the place 

 in your daily rounds, the distance you would have lo 

 carry the feed stuffs and eggs. A proper arrangement of 

 your plant at the start will save you many steps and a 

 lot of time. 



Consider the drainage problem — you don't want the 

 door of a building right in line with a possible flood dur- 

 ing the season of heavy rains ; you want a high wall at 



