Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-01-29
Written for the oxford Democrat.
POULTRY NOTES.

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POULTRY NOTES.
Now and then, one hears some one
remark that there l., in his opinion,
profit in poultry. but no sooner has this
opinion been expressed, but there are
/ I rejected AT him simultaneously, vol
\ lev Of dampening remarks TO the effect
! that there i no profit in poultry anu
I that everybody who embarks therein l.
/ bound TO lose money and make failure
/ OF il.
/ Looking at the matter from purely
/ business stsndpoiGt-takiug the same
position one would take In considering
\ the possibilities over any given person
entering into some kind OF trade, into a
I profession or any of the artS-the first
question that would arise with business
mSn assuming We have selected a
"hard-headed' leyel-minded and sue
cessful merchant 20 give Us his opiuion), &,
il, what are the individuals qualitica-
tions for the enterprise he Is about to
enter upOns'' "ls he adapted 20 the de-
mands that this special business Is 90
Ing 10 make upon him: Has he the nee
esSarv qualifications Of Industry, OF ln-
telligence. of perseverance, Has he the
sticking quality. and j. he prepared TO
work aud TO thinks l. he prepared 10
be up early and late, 10 work extra hours
aud at extra and unusual times; Is he
going 20 be able TO bear disappointment
aud defeat, and Is he going to be able TO
rally again and again until the defeat
begins To turn into success; and then
after success begins TO come, l. he goiDg
TO realize that he can only mainttin his
hold upon that success oy keeping up
his vigilance and untiring industry,
These aud score OF kindred questions
arise AZ once. and are all of them very
pertinent. They are legitimate questions
and are vital factors in determining the
ultimatum of success or failure.
Ii i true that num 0erle>s persons fau
aud lose money Ia the poultry business.
IL i Likewise true that countless mum
herS of persons fail or lose money IN
dry goods: IN groceries; iu boots and
shoes. In all branches OF mercantile or
manufacturing life. Likewise in all
OF the professions; also in farming,
whether * De general or IN some special
line.
Statistics show that where one person
makes great success in any calling in
life. very few make more than a mod
crate success, limited number do mod
eratelv well, and by far the greatest
number do not succeed AZ all, but either
fail or 20 into something else that prom
jses better.
How i il about general farming: How
many of those who are ready 10 cry that
poultrv will not succeed make such
brilliant success OF il by their method Of
uon-poultry farming, or by any other
method OF agriculture that they pursue
A. q means OF livelihood:
Ii i probably true that there are more
failures than successes in poultry. Are
there not more failures than successes
i'm general farming: How many of the
readers of lhi, paper feel that there Is
not room for Improvement IN the Way
their balance sheet has ii tured up at the
end OF the year Just closed:
trust NAV be pardoned II use
little space right here. since the thought
comes iu a. fttingly under the head OF
pou ltIy IL, - under any other farm
>utiect. to illustrate tie point wouiu
like to make 80 very clear.
The idea that would like 10 bring
home 10 the earnest reader l., the need
OF application-the necessity, impera-
tive aud unc0mpromising, OF sticking 10
= thing no matter what il may be, so
that you are In earnest in wishing 10 ac-
complish II.
\ few years ago we were having our
fret broOds Of Young chicks. but fe"
davs out. in the broOder house, and We
were always pleased 10 show them 10
any one having enough interest TO call
and see them. Among the callers were
Two pen whose names | did not knO"
then. and do not know now, but who eN-
pressed very lively interest IN the BABY
chicks. emphasizing their astonishment
bv suudrv Slaps Of their knees aud other
innocent aud iufsntile signs of delight.
An i'm spectiou Of the poultry house fol-
lowed. aud then a stroll over held IN
which Sundry cOOps OF chicks ot all ages
were camped out. They were keenly
and genuinely delighted, aud also aston
she'd al the fact that they were all ralS-
ed without the Intervention OF the moth
or hen. They expressed a lively inter
est in the signs Of improvement about
the premises and then took their depart
ure.
During the summer they came again,
saw more chicks and more changes, anu
also a dozen or more workmen engaged
a. masonS and carpenters. Personally,
we were busy about a variety of things
(as We find IL necessary To be-. but our
callers seemed TO note this with aston
ishment: with a slap of the thigh, by
WAY of emphasis, one of them said with
all innocence, by gosh, il you fellers
Amt dom somethin' almost every day
We felt that the keynote 10 very vital
truth had thus been unconsclousiy struck
bv our caller: the keynote 10 number
less failures that are having their begin
ming and their end every year upon our
hillside fsrms-there we're so many VINO
were not d0iag something Almost erery
dag, There i the root of the trouble
There are too many days when II rams
and one can't work outside, aud when
its TOO hot aud then can't work outside
and so on, gd RdRScGm. Poultry don
nav. and lot of other things don't pay,
and never will, until they are planned
over. and worked over, every day ana