54 The Truth About the Poultry Business 



Does this not explain why there are so many different 

 systems of feeding hens? 



Does it not explain many of the mysteries of the poultry 

 business? 



Does it not show why your ration is correctly balanced at 

 one time and the next time it is not balanced and you obtain 

 a different result? 



Does it not explain why some men do not use as much 

 meat as others and still get good results? 



Does it not also show why some people raise chicks with- 

 out losing more than 5% of them, while the man next door 

 loses 95% of his chicks on the same food? They may both 

 feed the chicks the same ration and keep dry bran before 

 them all the time, but the difference in the bran and wheat 

 that each man uses is so great that one man balances his 

 ration correctly and the other does not. 



Almost everyone knows the great variations that exist 

 between red and white wheat, but the variations I mean 

 are found particularly in white brans, exactly similar in 

 appearance. 



Do not these variations explain every secret of the feeding 

 of poultry? 



Last but not least, do they not explain exactly why men 

 who have been in the business from one to fifty years say, 

 "I know no more about the business than the day I went into 

 it; It seems that I can not learn?" 



This offers an immense field for intelligent men to enter 

 and an occupation that is extremely interesting, instructive 

 and one which is going to be very profitable. The poultry 

 business is in its infancy; its possibilities are enormous, and 

 it needs men who will use scientific methods, men who are 

 eager to study and to learn. It wants brains, not muscle; 

 it requires intelligent application of scientific methods, hard 



