CHAPTER II 



COMMON SENSE NECESSARY 



Poultry raising, like any other business, requires 

 work and good judgment. The poultry business 

 is not hard labor, but it does require a certain 

 amount of exertion on the part of the operator. It 

 is not a lazy man's occupation, and a person with no 

 ambition will not be much of a winner in the poultry 

 line. 



To be a successful poultryman one must have 

 ambition and patience. Without either poultry 

 work should not be attempted, unless perhaps profits 

 are not to be considered. A drone in the poultry 

 business will not last long, and one without patience 

 may become discouraged before he fairly gets 

 started on the road to success. One with good 

 judgment generally has patience. He knows that 

 every business has its drawbacks and some dis- 

 couraging features ; he knows that everything 

 cannot be accomplished in one day, and that a loss 

 is a good lesson, although it may be costly. If his 

 hopes are not realized he does not give up in dis- 

 gust, but tries and tries again until he meets success 

 face to face. 



A man without ambition is careless ; he puts off 

 until tomorrow what should have been done today. 



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