Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-01

gained to the management of the few
hens in his yard.
Fourth, he should get in touch with
his State Experiment Station and request
their bulletins and circulars, He should
not hesitate to ask them questions by
correspondence, nor should he fall to
visit the college plant and become &C.
quaintod with the experiments under way
and the mon in charge. This work is at
least in part supported by his taxes.
Fifth, he should get in touch through
correspondence with the Federal Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington and
request their published material pertain
ing to poultry keeping.
Sixth. he should visit aIcccssful poultry
farms In his community. This Is good
occupation for Saturday afternoons when
work In the city Is not pressing. He
should come to know these men person
ally and become acquainted with their
problems
Seventh whcrcvcr possible. got IN touch
with an educational poultry association
in tho community. IF there are none
get busy and form one. Such cooperative
action on tho part Of enthusiastic nma-
full educational facilities
Eighth Just before taking the final
plunge nc should spend IA winter taking
the abort course In Poultry Iiushandry
at one of our State Agricultural Colleges
These courses ARE desiRuod to give city
men just enough OF the theoretical side
to mako practical operations clear II
possible. year spent on u commercial
poultry farm has n material advantage
The above schemc can he recommended
for its soundncs> and case OF attainment
There comes to my mind Il number OF
examples of men now very succossf'!
pCultrymen who secured their initial start
In just this way, one, young man
who was nm electrical engineer and who
had been working for a number Of years
with no definite chance for advance
ment, began 10 study poultry a. above
outlined He had II capital OF four thou
sand dollars aud by borrowing two
thousand on mortgage is now the proud
owner and operator Of ono Of the most
successful poultry farms IN the East
Another man twcnty-rlN years Of age,
who FOR some years had been in the ad-
vertising business and had accumulated
! q capital Of nearly $1,000. wished to
| make the change He wished TO go into
| the poultry business and seemed very anx-
lous 10 do this without any experience
because, as he said, he had $4,000 and
| could afford to lose some Of It and st'll
succeed Persistent argument changed
this mans determination and he decided
| to take the poultry course and to become
acquainted with practical poultry prob
lens. Now he Is we'll located OF thirty
acre farm and two years of experience
has mt him we'll on the road to success,
| mlght QuotN nay such e,aNres ION
the experiences OF our own students
which would show the soundness Of this
argument.
To summarize; l would not discourage
the city man from going into the poultry
business but | would earnestly caution
him against going into the business UNI
less he has a thorough experience. either
at short course or on a practical farm
or. better yet, both. This experience
alone will not insure success unless he
| has capital enough TO finance the enter
prise. My advice to the city man with
good position would be. to get the fever
| start along the lines above mentioned,
save up all the cash possible from the
city job. and at the same time keep n
| to find out whether he Is the possessor
OF a natural liking for such work
| Above all things know what II means
to care for chickens; not keep chickens,
FOR they should keep you.