The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-13
POUL r Y
Department..
Edited by J. II. Wendler, Lake
land, Fla.)

During the present spring and, in
fact. for the last two years the poul-
try business all over the United
States has certainly been on the
boom and has been agitated not only
by the daily papers, but by every
poultry paper, every farm paper and
nearly every farm magazine in the
ccuntr. 4 great many articles have
been written that Lave had q ten
dency TO make thousands OF people
so into the poultry business either on
a large or small scale. thinking they
would reap fortune from it quick
ly without either experience or cap
itGl. This same thing has also hap
pered in other lines of business and
thousands of people have found out
il could not be done, while on the
other hand. many who have paid
close attention to this line of work,
have studied the ups and dOwns'cOn-
nccted with it and have proiited by
their past experience and with judg
mcnt and hard work have overcome
a great many of the obstacles and
drawbacks, have won out and have
their business on a paying and profit
able basis. Those who have worked
up their business from a small start
to a point where it is now paying
them will have easy sailing in the
future. There are hundreds who eX-
pect too much, and in a great many
cases many will drop out, on the
other hand there are great many
who will start in new and go over
the same experience others have had
F.! wish to say that without capital
and experience they cannot make a
fortune out of the poultry business.
|. is one of the few things that re-
uqira heart for the work; in other
words, it requires that sublime trim
ity of heart. head and hand and the
new beginner must make up his
mind that eternal diligence is the
price of success in this as we'll as
any other line of cndeavOr. This is
one reason why the poultry industry
will never be OverdOnc and the sup
: ply will never be sufficient to meet
tie demand twelve months in the
year. There always are a few months
IL the year when most OF these pro-
ducts can be had at the cost OF pro-
duction. hut usually there are nine
!, months In the year when poultry
!, products of all kinds are scarce and
high and yield Il large per cent OF
. profit over cost of production, even
: for commercial purposes solely, and
!, you can reasonable expect the price
: of all poultry protrcts to go ven
considerably higher ter the next ten
years than the price they at pres.
| cnt command There are thousands
: who will give up hopes of making 4
: fortune out of their flock each year
. but those who remain in the bus,nc
0 usually succeed and continue t.
s make money out of 1t, and there are
( thousands in the business who fol
low this solely as their only vocation
). and have made independent fortunes
$ out of it, and of course the longer
h one has been established in the bust
' ness the greater will be their trad,
: and the less ii will cost them to Sc
: cure it,
r There is nOthing SO dependent
! country as the prosperity Of the
= farmer and there is nothing OF
. his loose change and ready cash be-
r tween seasons as the hep. 80 ii the
l. farmer in his small way eau find hi.
odd capital and loose change from
the hen on a small scale. wha, could
IS he reasonably expect on large seal,
a and what could the average house.
i wife expect to derive u heater rove
o nue. from than Il nice flock of chick
n ems or ducks i'm the backyard, pro
J. viding of course al all times that sh,
a or he has a natural love for tn,
y work and willingness To perform
. il. and consider the cost of living to
4 day and how much it could bc re-
j.. duced by that aforesaid little iloek
h TO say nothing of the eggs that coull
q be sold to your neighbor end thus
j. secure a handsome little speck of pin
= money.
# During the past year the continued
II droughtS throughout the far south
@ west have starved out thousands oi
,r head Of cattle and caused the pric,
n of all food products to jump cnor-
% mously high; this will have great
10 tendency to advance the price q