The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-12

Poultry Raising
as a Profitable !
MUestment !
Read all che 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 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 ST.
500 to $1,000 Il year.
John S. Mallov of Spokane, man
ager of a plant representing an in
vestment of $4,000, said to be the
foregoing statement a few days ago,
when 1 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 Ii. the in
land empire OF .e northwes. than in
the east, south or mid@h west, for
the reason there is a greet demand
day in the year, and vtA ne steady
influx of population an co nnerce it
is certain to grow into a.. industry
which will give far greater returns
han 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, n that
more than $3CO,000 is spent an
nually for poultry n eggs 1t may
also be news to some to know that
in 1906 thu people Of h state of Wash
ington paid more than $4,000, 900 to
dition to about $4,000, 900 for home
grown products.
"There is no such thing as compe-
ton in this business" Mr.. Malloy said,
in reply to another question, las the
demand IS so great that thousands can
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 Iecessary. / am dealing with the
poultry business from a practical
viewpoint. The promoter OF a get
rich-in-a-hurry poultry scheme car
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 IS per cent, but you
must remember that when it comes to
figuring probabl. profits the chicken
fSancier has tn. mining promoter ap-
rcaring like a whipped bantam rooster
by the side of a full f1edged ostrich
1.-The poultry business as an invest
ment requires the same careful business
management as any other commercial
enterprise. One reason for failure is
that there have been SO many men en-
gagged in it who were incompetent and
their inability to make a success Of 9th
er business ventures prompted then
in undertaking something which seemed
simple. Then through get-rich-quick
suggestions and misrepresentation by
some of h 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 poultrx raiser buys a
tract of land, puts up a few cheap
buildings and orders a flock of chick
ems, then drops into a comfortable re-
cining 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
tina 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 i:
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 SIS, OOt
and wants to have about 1000 laying
hens from egg Matched the first year
He spends his capital the first sis
months and incurs an Indebtedness O
$500, which is to be paid, of course, DC
tober 1, when all the hens should b.
laying, at which time it is AWAY,
represented that the plant should b.
giving ample returns to meet all obi
cations. He has set a certain nurnbe
of eggs of which he is sure to hatcl
rs per cent, of which half will be pull
lets.therefore. he will have SO man;
pullees laying by h first of October
and they will net SO much each pc
year. At the time he expects to hav
: his pullets in the laying pens certai
!. unavoidable circumstances viii hav
, interrupted his plans, and he has onl
. 80 per cent. of what he had figured
: The obligations are due and payable
, the pullets are not laying quite as earl
; as he anticipated, he becomes discou,
, aged, and-another failure.
|. THE most common failure, howevel
: is where the travelling man or invest
: or who cannot give the business an
o personal attention, has $1,000 or $40, 0C
= to invest, n he meets the enthusiast
8 chicken %flnancier. who. according to hi