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guide in his future work. The keeping of exact accounts of 

 all monetary transactions can not be too strongly urged. 



Wastefulness in any of the operations about the plant is 

 poor policy, and must be guarded against. Save the pennies, 

 and dollars will be saved. Lastly, the poultryman should 

 make it a point always to be courteous and considerate in 

 his business dealings. A pleasant manner will not only win 

 customers, but will make friends of all those with whom he 

 comes in contact, while humane and gentle treatment of his 

 birds will make friends of them as well. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



Exercise No. 88. — Making Poultry Records. — On uni- 

 form-sized paper have the class work out neat and concise 

 forms suitable to record the data which one might wish to 

 keep concerning the following work: An incubator record; 

 a brooder record; a laying or egg record; a mortality record. 



Exercise No. 89. — A Simple Account Sheet. — Plan, on a 

 sheet of paper, suitable headings for a column system of keep- 

 ing account of money transactions. Such a sheet can be made 

 in the form of a book and the pupil can be encouraged to 

 keep a record of his home flock on such a form. 



Exercise No. 90. — Writing an Advertisement. — Write a 

 suitable advertisement for strictly fresh table eggs for sale 

 to retail trade. Same to be in the form of a business card. 

 The size to be two by four inches. Neatness and facts are 

 the two things to be given special consideration. 



THOUGHT QUESTIONS 



1. Is poultry keeping a business? 



2. Upon what two factors is financial success in poultry keeping 



dependent? 



3. What is the foundation for business success? 



4. Enumerate some of the advantages of record keeping. 



5. Describe two ways of keeping records. 



6. The record kept should show what facts? 



7. What should be the first aim in keeping poultry accounts? 



