Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27
BREEDERS MUST
READ AND STUDY.
No Chance to Make Good in
Poultry Business Unless You
Study 1t Carefully.
BY r. II. sToDDARp.


No one has done we'll in poultry raising
who has neglected to avail himself Of
good reading matter and of the passing
advantages around him. l have been in
touch, through correspondence or person
al acquaintance, with very many poultry
raisers, and in looking the ground all
over do not remember one who amount
ed to a hill of beans who secuted and
deeried reading matter devoted to his art
True 1t is, indeed, that there Is much
useless and worse than useless slush
printed. But it is so in regard to every
other subject, and readers must learn to
sft and discard, judge and compare The
sloth or the idler in this work Of poultry
raising is not a success. There are other
persons also, of a speculative turn Of
mind, who have gone into this bushes
at the wrong end, who have become dis
gusted with their i'll fortune Others
have tried to do a great deal in a very
Httle time, who have succeeded in ac-
complishing very little. it is true
You Must Know Your Business.
We could cite examples of individuals
who have means, brains and the inclina-
ton to make 1t pay" but who lacked
the tact, experience and pluck that are
requisite to make any business undertake
ing remunerative. These have gone into
poultry raising without knowing much
or anything about the work. and they
nave gone out Disguised with their losses
There Is no more doubt about the fact
mat poultry keeping on a large scale can
oe made prof1table-if rightly understood
properly managed and dutifully attended
'o-thaH there is that any sort of rural
or mercantile pursuit can be made to yield
satisfactory returns, when similarly con
quoted, as every enterprise should be
Al the same time, as we have frequent
y had occasion to assert, no man can ex-
pect to undertake the raising of poultry
without knowing something about the
business, If he contemplates or attempts
TO work in an extensive way This is
seL-evident And those who try this
pursuit should at first begin moderately
and study up the details of the business
before they launch out with dozens of
poultry houses and thousands OF chicks
ana hens to take care of, about which
they know little or nothing as to their
needs or requirements.
It's No Job for Half-Wits.
The greatest trouble, next to the neg
rect of reading matter, mentioned above
Is an underestimate of the business it.
self, and the notion that there can not be
much to learn. since any old woman
knows how to tend fowls
You may have been raising two or more
breeds of pure-b bred poultry. You have
gotten quite a lot of eggs from each.
visitor asks you which are the best lay
ers, and you have to answer, II think
such a one is" II figures are wanted
YOU can not give them, for you have kept
no account, SO you can merely guess at
me result. Another caller may like to
Know how much feed you give each Of
your Hooks but you have neither meas
Nred your feed nor kept any account. so
you can merely guess at the result. You
90 not know how much your fowls cost
you and do not know how much YOU
nave realized. so you are in doubt wheth-
er they are really profitable or not.
mere is no little contrlvance that the
poultry breeder will find Of more every
"ay utility than a small notebook that
an be carried In the breast pocket Of
re coat: such book can be purchased
any book store. and of size to fit
Ky pocket. A very handy form is made
"pout four inches broad and two and
@ne-half inches high. with flexible cover
1 ~ may be kept closed by a rubber band
RaSeed around II whenever II is pOCketed
ms is especially desirable for the colder
anonlhs. A smaller memorandum book TO
n, lhe remainder of the year
W. ne uses of such a book are manifold
an of us know how often points for
uSlueFatlon occur to uS at inOppOFtune
,aIies and fade from our memories long
we nave chance to put our ideas
~ test. It Will be found, too that the
uapil Of recording stimulates both oh
'erNauon and reflection