POULTRY FOR PROFIT 5 
can be done, and inasmuch as the value of the 
egg, or the carcass of the bird still maintains 
its high standard on the market, it stands to 
reason that the poultry industry is still in its 
infancy. Much more will be done in the future 
than has been done in the past. 
Consequently, there is still one industry that 
is not overcrowded, despite the great number 
who have taken it up, either as a vocation, or 
as an avocation. When it is considered that 
New York City alone cannot get enough eggs 
to supply the demand during the fall and winter 
months, and is willing to pay, and pay dearly 
for breakfast eggs, and that the vicinity of 
Pataluma, Cal., finds it profitable to ship its 
eggs across the continent to put them on the 
New York market, it can be seen quite clearly 
that there are excellent possibilities in poultry, 
even in just a small back yard flock. 
The remainder of this booklet will be devoted 
to showing the ordinary layman, who has had 
no previous knowledge or experience, how he 
can take a small flock, or a large flock, and 
turn it into pleasure and profit. However, 
one word of caution is necessary. Let no one 
attempt to venture upon a poultry enterprise 
