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money from your poultry the first year. Get¬ 
ting started right in the poultry business will 
cost something, so for the first year, if you 
just break even you will do well. Plan to 
learn as you go along. Every poultry raiser 
should take at least one poultry journal, to 
keep posted on the latest facts concerning the 
business. These journals always carry a great 
amount of advertising matter in regard to 
stock for breeding and in regard to poultry 
house equipment, etc. Many useful ideas can 
be secured from pretty near every issue of a 
standard paper. 
Get acquainted with the other poultry people 
in your own locality. This is especially true in 
regard to those who have the same breed that 
you have. If your locality boasts of a poultry 
association, become a member of this associa¬ 
tion. You can then get much valuable infor¬ 
mation in regard to your business. 
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Get in touch with your state agricultural 
college, and especially with the poultry depart¬ 
ment. Write to them and ask them to send you 
all the bulletins that they have published on 
poultry, and tell them to place you on their 
