The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
These Are the Ones Who Fail

on borrowed capital, or who must ask credit for feed and running expenses.
 Or, those who are careless in their work, never doing 1t on time-putting it off until it Is too late.
 Or. those who start on a big scale be- fore they have had a chance to gain experience. The more experienced a man becomes the easier will be his work and the surer his success. When man is inexperienced he does not know how to meet trouble.
 Or, those who start on rented ground. When man rents ho generally puts up make-shift buildings, as he does not care to risk good substantial houses upon ground that does not belong to him. Even if his landlord has agreed that he may move the buildings any time to vacates, there will be more less damage from racking in moving the structures.
 Or those who lack system which will mean waste of time, feed, room and everything necessary for good results. Work that is systematically performed will bring about good results. There must be good plans and good rules, and they must be followed to the letter.
 The man who knows nothing whatever about the business and then plunges in it on a scale sufficient to keep veteran busy, is the man who sooner or later, will discover aD elephant on his hands"
 100 Hens Sufficient to Start
 There may be disadvantage in starting small-a disadvantage so far as income is concerned-but decided advantage in making a more firm foundation. The man who starts with 100 hens, who gives them the best of care, watches all the details, gets to understand their likes and dislikes, and ma kes a careful study of the busi- ~~< T .tI T -t.t following spring, by hens so that he may at least be able to double the size of the plant, besides having sur plus cockerels and bullets for sale in market.
 For the first few years he should re- ly on hens to do the matching and breeding. By giving them close ob- scrvation he may pick up many val uable facts that will aid him later in the use of incubators and brooders
 Make egg farming the basis. When ever a hen becomes broody set her Sell all surplus eggs each week. After the chicks are grown to sa1able size pick out the bullets to be retained for next years laying. and market the cockerels. In this way there will be an Income from the start-not large, but sufficient at least to pay for the feed
 The following year. with an increased number of layers, there would be chance to have enough over the ex- pense 10 start salary for the owner
 It will take about three years to get the business down to the living stage, where the man starts without any ex- perience. He must serve an apprentice ship and it Is right that it Is so, for if poultry culture opened up an avenue on which any and everybody could sue ceed. regardless of experience, it would not be long before prices would take mighty tumble and there would be no money in 1t.
 On an average. said an authority one day, new poultry plants change pro- prietors or fail In the business every three years They tire of the work. They find at the end of that time that il is impossible to make money out of hens without experience and capital. They begin on a large scale and are not able to handle 1t. Would not that be the experience in, any other line?
 But the man who starts small. who has sufficient working capital. who is fitted for the work. who begins at the bottom round of the ladder and grad | ually climbs to the top. who has gained ] experience in this way, is the man who makes out of 1t life occupation and he makes a living.
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