Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-13
Poultry Raising
as a Profitable
~LnUeStnnent

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Read all the good poultry journals
n 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 h
method of feeding is 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 Il net income of from 81
500 to $4,000 a year.
John S. Malio" of Spokane, man
ager OF a plant representing an in
vestment of $50, 900, said to be the
largest in the northwest, made the
foregoing statement a few days ago,
when l asked him the secret of sue
cess in the poultry business.
Poultry culture today is the most
profitable and pleasant in which any
man or woman with some capital to
begin. can engage. This * probably
brought out more forcibiY 3" the in
land empire of t.e northwest than in
Tic east, SOulu VI IIllI-' "'tSl, "
the reason there is a PTa~t demand
for he products at his ,rices every
day in the year, and ~. ne steady
influx of population an. co nmerce 1t
is certain to grow into a. industry
which will Civ far greater returns
h any other branch of farming, If
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 100000 is spent an
nually for poultry and eggs 1t may
also be news to some to kno that
in 1906 tho people of the state of Wash
ington paid more than $4,000, 900 to
poultry raisers of other states, in adj
dition to about $4,000 900 for home
grown products.
There is no such thing as compe-
ton in tbs business" Mr.. Malloy said,
in reply to another question, "as the
demand is 50 great that thousands can
engage in the industry in eastern
Washington. northern Idaho and
northeastern Oregon, in which eli
matte conditions are ideal, and then
there will be no depreciation in mar
ket prices.
Brains, energy and business judg-
ment. of course, arc essential; they
are eCeESdTy. l. arm uedlluS Will the
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 it and
after the first year show a net profit
of from Is to 2G per cent, but you
must remember that when 1t comes to
figuring probabl, profits the chicken
fSancier has tn mining promoter APP
r.aring like a whipped bantam rooster
by the side Of a full fledged ostrich"
The poultry business rs an invest
ment requires the same careful business
management as n other commercial
enterprise. One reason for failur is
that there ave beer so many men en-
gagged in it who were incompetent and
their inability to make a success Of 9TH
er business ventures prompted them
in undertaking something which seemed
simple. Then through get-rich-quick
suggestions n misrepresentation bv
some of the manufacturers of poultry
supplies, they have been led to believe
that 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.
THE average poultry raiser buys a
tract of land, puts up a few cheap
buildings and orders a flock of chick
ems, her drops into a comfortable re-
clining chair, lights a good cigar and
fancies he sees sure returns OF 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
~ Wv n Tho ,nrnip ~ until 1n "a Mt VniUf,t
every day in the yea until the plant is
in successful operation and large
enough to justify the employment of
an assistant to relieve the duties of the
owner at intervals.
Then there is the man who has IS, 900
and wants to have about 1000 laying
hens from eggs Matched the first year.
He spends his capital the first six
months and incur an Indebtedness of
S $500, which is to be paid, of course, Oc-
tober ], when all the hens should be
laying, and at which time il is always
represented that the plant should be
giving ample returns TO meet all obi
cations. He "a set a certain number
of eggs, of which he is sure to hatch
rs per cent. Of which half viii be pull
lets-therefore. he will have so many
pullets laying by the first OF October,
and they will net so much each per
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
80 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, a~nd-another failure.
1.-The most common failure, however,
is where the travelling mar or invest
or who cannot give the business any
personal attention. has $4,000 or $40, 600
TO invest, and he meets the enthusiastic
chicken financ!cr, who. according to his