POULTRY FOR PROFIT 
CHAPTER I. 
THE OUTLOOK 
When a business reaches the billion dollar 
mark per year, it is generally looked into by 
thinking people who like to know the facts of 
the case, and who want to know just why the 
business has reached such large proportions. 
In this little booklet I will endeavor to explain 
not only why the poultry business has grown 
so rapidly, but will also reveal the most im¬ 
portant secrets that have contributed largely 
to its rapid growth, so that whether the reader 
is a farmer, a tow’n lot fancier, or a student of 
economics, he or she will gain much by the 
reading and the studying of the principles in¬ 
volved. 
The high cost of living has forced many 
people to economize to the limit, and reduce 
the family budget to the minimum. People in 
the small towns and villages, especially, have 
sought various ways of increasing their earn¬ 
ings, and one of the most popular methods re- 
