The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-12
Poultry Raising
as a Profitable
LUestn1ent


Read all the good poultry journals
and books of recognized authority, in
Guiding the bulletins issued by the
United States government experiment.
al stations; begin with a small flock
OF good strain chickens; study incu-
bators, designs Of houses and other
apparatus carefully; ascertain what
method of feeding 10 best adapted to
the climatic conditions in your local.
ity; gradually increase your flock each
year and construct the necessary
buildings and improvements in accord
ance with tho returns realized from
the previous years efforts and at the
end of four or five years the plant
should yield a net income Of from ST.
500 to $4,000 a year.
John s. Mallov of Spokane, man
ager Of a plant representing an in
largest in the northwest, made the
foregoing statement q few days ago,
when / asked him the secret of sue
cess in the poultry business. d,
Poultry culture today is the most
profitable and pleasant in which any
nan Or woman with some capital to
begin. can engage. This Is probably
land empire OF tie n~orthTs~ than in
the east, south or mid9ls west, for
the reason there is q g"2at demand
for the products at hiaA Irices every
day in the year, and VIZ t&e steady
influx of population an &C nmerce 1t
Is certain to row into a. industry
which will CIV far greater returns
b a any other branch OF farming, II
handled properly.
Many readers of this article will
probably be surprised to learn that
the poultry industry Is the second
largest in the United States, being ex-
ceeded only by dairying, and that
more than $3CV,000 is spent an
nually for poultry and eggs. 1t may
in 1906 thu people Of the state of Wash
ington paid more han $50 00 900 to
poultry raisers of other states, in adj
dition to about 100000 for home-
grown products.
There is no such thing as compe-
ton in this business" Mr.. Malloy said,
in reply to another question, 'as the
demand is so great that thousands can
engage in the industry in eastern
Washington, northern Idaho and
northeastern Oregon, in which eli
matte conditions are ideal, n then
there will be no depreciation In mar
ket prices.
Brains, energy and business judg-
ment, Of course, arc essential; they
civ SNSoouAJ - AZ N~dAAAAA6 "ANA NaS
poultry business from a practical
viewpoint. The promoter of a get
rich-in-a-hurry poultry scheme can
tell you how he can start a large
plant, regardless of the amount OF
capital he expects to put into 1t and
after the first year show a net profit
Of from 10 to % per cent, but you
must remember that when 1t comes to
figuring ~probabl. profits the chicken
fAancier has tn mining promoter APP
rcaring like a whipped bantam rooster
by the side of a full fiedged ostrich"
"The poultry business as an invest
ment requires the same careful business
management as any other commercial
enterprise. One reason for failure IN
gagged in 1t who were incompetent and
their inability to make a success of 9TH
err business ventures prompted them
in undertaking something which seemed
simple. Then through get-rich-quick
suggestions and Misrepresentation by
some of the manufacturers OF poutrS
supplies, they have been led to believe
hat all one needs in order to make a
killing in the poultry business Is Some
capital, while brains, energy and Or
binary business judgment are unneces-
sary.
1.-THE average poultry raiser buys a
tract OF land, puts up a few cheap
buildings n orders q flock OF chick
ems, then drops into a comfortable re-
clining chair, lights a good cigar and
fancies he sees sure returns on the
basis of SO net per hen per year.. That
is the surest and quickest failure of all,
as the poultry business requires the
closest application, most careful and
conservative figuring and harder work
than any other branch of farming. At
tention and work are necessary from
early in the morning until late at night,
every day in the year, until the plant is
enough to justify the employment OF
an assistant to relieve the duties Of the
wner at intervals.
Then there is the man who has 5000
and wants to have about 1000 laying
hens from eggs Matched the first year,
He spends his capital the first six
months and incurs an Indebtedness OF
$500, which Is to be paid, of course, Oc-
tober ], when all the hens should be
laying, and al which time 1t Is always
represented that the plant should be
giving ample returns to meet all obli-
cations. He has set a certain number
of eggs, of which he is sure to hatch
rs per cent, Of which half will be pull
lets-therefore, he will have so many
pullets laying by the first OF october,
n they Will net so much each pei
year. At the time he expects to have
his pullets in the laying pens certain
unavoidable circumstances will have
interrupted his plans, and he has only
so per cent. of what he had figured,
The obligations are due and payable
the pullets are not laying quite as early
as he anticipated, he becomes discour-
aged, and-another failure.
THE most common failure, however
is where the travelling man or invest.
or who cannot give the business any
personal attention, has $1,000 or $40, 900
to invest, and he meets the enthusiastic
chicken financier, who. according to his