MAKING A START 
profits look so large, that the novice is 
apt to jump to the conclusion that the 
poultry business is a get-rich-quick propo- 
sition. Don’t do that; get right down to 
business and value that food that your 
wife has thrown out to those fowls at 
what it would cost you to buy it on the 
open market in the shape of grain, mill- 
stuff, meat scrap, etc, and allow some- 
thing for work, caring for this small flock, 
and interest on the money invested; and 
while the profits will still be large, 
they will not look so startling as before; 
and it is well for the beginner to bear 
in mind that the profits on a large 
flock are very seldom, if ever, as large 
as on a small one; but if the beginner 
will grow up with his flock, so to speak, 
and gain experience as the flock grows 
larger, he can make a large flock pay 
well. 
A good time to begin the poultry busi- 
ness is in the early summer, for at that 
time of the year breeders are beginning 
to need room for their oncoming broods, 
and good breeding stock can be bought 
cheaper then than at any other time. I 
believe it is better to begin with a few 
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