The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-07
How to Start With $1oo Capital.

ON a small capital is a problem, the
How to start in the poultry business
solution of which is often eagerly
sought and the answer to which varies
with each writer. The following esti-
mate, from the Florida Poultry and
Agricultural Journal, gives a view
which has many good points:
10 one whose actual start in the
poultry business was made with less
than ten dollars, what wonderful pos
sibilities the sum of $Ioo to invest
in getting started in poultry raising
represents! If the years that [ have
been engaged in poultry raising were
blotted out and I stood once more
just ready to embark in this business
the fortunate possessor Of $Ioo as cap
ital, how could I spend it the most
wisely and advantageously? Situated
exactly as | was then, on seven village
lots, with neighbors on every side.
with no house for poultry or yards
to confine fowls on their own range,
l plan my new beginning in raising
poultry"
A severe attack of chen fever,' for
which | am convinced there is no
cure other than the constant associa-
ton with fowls as a breeder is re-
sponsible for my joining the ranks OF
poultry breeders. [ would commence
in early fall to plan and prepare for
the fowls that were to constitute my
new flock, but would not purchase the
birds until February or early March.
My first expenditure would be SO
cents for the Florida P. g. A. Journal,
and, as I read and studied it's contents,
I would profit by the suggestions,
advice and experience of the successful
breeders whose articles are found
therein. From the advertisements
in this Journal I would decide from
whom to purchase my fowls when
ready for them. This fall I would
build a comfortable house for my an
ticipated flock This house would cost
me $27. 1t would be IoxI2, feet
high lin front and 6 feet in rear-shed
roof; cheap, yet comfortable house
AS it is necessary to yard fowls whose
home is in a village suburb, would
as soon as house is completed, make
a ':double" yard 4oxo6 feet, with center
fence, making each enclosure 4ox4S
feet and the house north Of the cen
ter, and so arranged that the poultry
could enter either yard as desired.
These yards fenced with 4 feet poultry
netting (2-inch mesh) with bottom
boards, 10 inches wide and posts II
feet apart, would cost me 1882.
Everything being in readiness for
the occupancy Of the little flock, and
having by this time decided how
many can afford to purchase and OF
whom to purchase, [ order my fowls
as follows: Ten pure blooded hens
at So each and male at $Io While
it would be possible to buy three
times as many birds for $40 as I have
said would I purchase, and perhaps
pure blooded ones, I would prefer to
have my first flock, each specimen Of
which would be of such excellent
quality that [ could be Justly proud
of them and feel that L was building
my poultry business upon a good and
firm foundation A sack each Of grit
and oyster shells, and one Of chick
grit for later use at a cost Of ST per
sack (total So would be bought for
my new flock. Allowing ST for each
bird for the purchase Of food which
I am confident will be sufficient for
their support, I have left $4.68 out
OF my $Ioo This small amount will
be needed later in the season to buy
chick food, and while a greater out
lay than this will be required to bring
my chicks to maturity NV fowls If
the breeding pen will more than fur
nish an amount sufficient to meet all
necessary expenses after the hatch
ing season is over.
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