Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-12-12
Poultry Raising
as a Profitable
Mvestn1ent

Mvest,nent
Read all the good poultry journals
and books of recognized authority. in
Guiding the bulletins issued by the
United States government experiment.
nj stations; begin with IL 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 you local
ity; gradually increase your flock each
year and construct h necessary
buildings and improvements i'll accord
ance with tho returns realized from
the previous years efforts and at he
end of four or five years the plant
should yield n net income of from ST.
500 to $4,000 Il year.
John S. Malloy OF Spokane. man
vestmeEt of 100000. said - be the
largest in he northwest, nude the
foregoing statement Il few lays 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 amy
man or woman with some capital to
begin. can engage. This is probably
brought out more fOrcib!y In the in
land empire of tie northwest than i'm
the east. south or midalr vest. for
the reason there is a great demand
for .he products at higt. prices every
day in the year. and wit.. the steady
influx of population and it
is certain to grow into N. industry
which will Civ far greater returns
than any other branch of farming. if
handled properly.
Many readers of this article will
probably be surprised to learn that
the NApN1frN iv1lICfrNr &c tho SAonn1
largest in the United States, being ex-
ceeded only by dairying, and that
more han 100000 is spent an
nually for poultrv and eggs. 1t may
also fe news to some to know that
in 1906 thu people of the state of Wash
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 This business" Mr.. Malloy said.
in reply to another question. las the
demand is so great that thousands can
engage in the industry in eastern
Washington. northern Idaho and
northeastern Oregon, i'm which eli
matte condisiCns 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 recessary. l am dealing with the
poultry business from IA 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 IL to IS per cent. but you
must remember that when 1t comes to
figuring probahl, profits the chicken
f.1ancicr has tn mining promoter APP
lsl...
by the side of a full fledged ostrich"
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 enc
gagged in it who were incompetent and
their inability to make Il success of 9TH
err business ventures prompted them
in undertaking something which seemed
simple. Then through g~et-rich-quick
suggestions and misrepresentation by
some of the manufacturers of poultry
supplies, they nave 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 uniieces-
sary. It
The average poultry raiser buys "A
tract of land, puts up IL few cheap
buildings and orders Il flock of chick
ems. then drops into ii comfortable re-
clining chair, lights "a good cigar and
fancieS he sees sure returns on the
basis of 50 net per hen per year. That
is the surest and quickest failur of All.
as the poultry business requires the
closest application. most careful and
conservative figuring and harder work
than any other branc of farming. At
tention work are necessary from
early in the morning until late at night,
every day in the year, 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 mar who has 1000
and wants to ave about 1000 laying
hens from eggs Matched the first year.
He spends his capital tn. first six
months n incurs an Indebtedness of
$500, which is to be paid. of course. Oc-
tober l. when all the hens should b.
laying, and at which time it is always
represented h a the plant should b.
giving ample returns to meet all obi
cations. He has set a certain number
of eggs. of which he is sure to hatch
20 per cent, of which half will 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. AL 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 n 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
t or who cannot give the business. any
personal attention. has ZOO or $40, OOU
to invest. and he meets the enthusiastic
chicken %financier, who. according to'his