POULTRY RAISING 
By W. E. VAPLON 
The call for information relative to conditions for successful 
poultry raising - in Colorado has become so great that it seems nec¬ 
essary to issue a bulletin of general information which can be sent 
in answer to inquiries. 
The information here given is not the result of experimentation 
on the College farm, but of several months of investigation reaching 
to all parts of our State among expert poultrymen, added to the ex¬ 
perience of fifteen years work with poultry in Coloiado by the 
writer. 
While we hope this bulletin will be an encouragement to those 
expecting to raise poultry on a commercial scale, we also hope that 
it may disillusionize some who are being carried away by fables 
of immense profits derived by using get-rich-quick systems. En¬ 
thusiasm is a splendid lactor in poultry raising, but should be temper¬ 
ed with knowledge. 
LOCATION OF THE POULTRY FARM. 
In discussing the matter of choosing a location for a poultry 
farm, we are not considering the farmer who is already estaolished 
on his land, and to whom the hen is only a side issue, but lather the 
man or woman who is intending to make poultry laising or egg pio- 
duction the means of livelihood. Success may, and often does depend 
upon location, and once decided upon, a change is not easily made. 
In the choice of a location the following factors should be caiefull) 
considered; 
Nearness to market. 
Character of soil. 
Water supply. 
Convenience. 
Cost of land. 
Ncarness to Market .—To produce large numbers of eggs is only 
half of the poultryman's problem, he must be able to market his pioducts 
cheaply at a good average price to make a profit, hence neai nes^ to 
market, or good transportation facilities, are important considerations. 
The Colorado poultryman is very fortunate as to markets, as it is 
doubtful if there is a community in the State which furnishes its own 
poultry products for the entire year. Our mining towns, healtn re- 
