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railroad. You will be raising baby chicks and carrying 

 young pullets and laying hens. The sudden shrieking of 

 locomotive whistles, clanging of bells and grinding of 

 wheels will be a most harmful influence at all stages. 



Before locating your plant within the limits of a city 

 or town, make sure there are no restrictions against 

 chickens in large flocks, or that the chickens must not 

 be kept a certain distance from an adjoining residence. 

 Secure information on these points from the city or town 

 officials — don't go on the opinion of the man from whom 

 you would buy. 



Generally speaking, it is unwise to locate an egg farm 

 within the limits of a city. The neighbors may not 

 object to one or two crowing roosters and cackling 

 hens but it may seem different to them if one hundred 

 roosters and several thousand hens provide the concert. 

 Furthermore, ground for complaint is easily found when 

 even a single animal is kept in a city, let alone thousands 

 of hens. 



If, in seeking a location, you should encounter the 

 remains of old poultry plants, try and learn the cause of 

 their failure. The soil may be too heavy, making it sub- 

 ject to standing pools of water and sticky mud ; there 

 may be sand fleas or ticks if it is very sandy; it may be 

 too windy or stormy for hens to do well ; it may be sub- 

 ject to heavy fogs especially in the spring when the young 

 stock is raised ; it may be the land lies in a draw or de- 

 pression where there is a heavy suction of air at night ; 

 there may be a scant water supply. On the other hand, 

 if none of these disadvantages are apparent, the people 

 who tried there may have been at fault themselves ; if so, 



