Milford chronicle., 1916-05-26

lnefe are many lullRS 10 De cOnSlQ
| cred when one Is contemplating entering
the poultry business for the first time
and great stress should be laid upon this
entry into a business for a success on
/ failure might come very quickly. Fail
ure in the poultry business means a loss
Of money, as much so as in any other
venture. Nothing can be started with
out the investment of money, but the
wise man will begin on a small scale
and work upward, particularly in the
| poultry bu slness, where so much Is at
stake.
OF course there are those who think
that all one has to do in order to raise
| poultry is to purchase pen of birds, or
some old broody hen and a setting of
eggs, and the trick is turned. Not 50 !
There are many things to be taken into
consideration if you hope to make a sue
cess and thereby stay in the game.
Money is lost very quickly in poultry
raising, and while it is also made, yet
the man who derives a profit from poul-
try has an uphill fight at the start To
be successful one must be Observant,
patient, and adopt a system for the gov
ernment of his business. He must be
content to make a small start and in
crease his flock as he increases in knowl-
edge and experience.
In entering the poultry raising game,
many beginners ask the ques tiOn, How
shall | begin, and 'Wnen shall ! be-
gin" These are perfectly natural ques-
tiOns for one to ask, but are easy of So
luton if the beginner will but reflect
little, and in addition, take the advice
of those who have already made sue
cess of the business. Care should be
taken, however, as to Just who you ask
for advice. Many persons who have
started in the business with the idea
that they knew it all, or those who
would not be governed by the expert !
ences of others and therefore failed and
lost in many instances much money will
advise against your dabbling in chickens /
with the usual knock, There's nothing I
in them, Let them alone. and ike .
remarks. This may possibly be the ex
perlence Of many who belong to the
class mentioned above, but let me say
that there Is money in chickens But
everybody who starts in the business
does not make a su cess of it by any
means. Success is pos. ible if Your ef-
forts are directed along the right lines
In addition to the beginners in the
poultry business there are at every sea-
son Of the year many who make in
quiries relative to their entering the
business and who are scared off by those
who have already made a failure of it.
10 each Of these classes it might be
well to soy that the best results are in
gained by purchasing a pen of
irst-class breeding birds, of whatever
Kind you prefer, and from these secure
lOur eggs for incubation. Particularly ,
5 this true when starting in the busi-
less in the late fall or winter.
The question, then, of How shall |
,egin in the poultry business" is best
md most truihfully answered as fol-
ows Always make your beginning
mall. Never attempt to delye into the !
'oaltFy- -btfsihess-On a large -scale-Ht the
tart. II you do not prefer to purchase '
pen Of good breeding birds, and from J.
hese secure your flock, or if the season d
or mating has passed before you make y
p your mind as to what you want, then 5
urchase several broody hens and aa Il
lany settings of eggs from the breeder
+ some good utility strain of fowls and
TINS way make your beginning. n
Sull another way to make an entry in $
ne poultry business is to purchase day @
d chicks. The business Of selling day 6
ID chicks has grown to enormous pro- v
ortlons within the past few years, and Fl
hlle 1t IS a very profitable business v
nd many persons secure their start in d
lis way, yet | would not advise one to q
egin after this fashion unless you know
,mething of the stock from which the
come. They are very often
1t Of the best, and in many cases the y
nix of the chicks die off within a short 81
me owing to low fertility of the eggs a.
hereditary diseases which come to 81
EN- in birth. al
One may start in the poultry business Ia
the late summer, fall or winter with "
uch less expense than during the 81
ring months for the reason that at l
ch times many poultrymen are thin al
ng out their flocks. They are there
re willing to sell fairly good utility
ock at d reasonable figure, which they CT
u not do if compelled to keep them bi
er until the spring of the year. OF
As to the time when to begin the nc
siness of poultry raising might say
at any time is alright, save for in
ance, during the hot summer months,
len l would not advise you to make OF
e start. Summer is naturally hard on -
ickens, both old and young. unless -
u are especially equipped to handle
em-a beginning made at this time
II generally result in a heavy loss and
nsequently failure. These are the
e things which discourage and cause
rsons to say there is nothing in the HSu
siness.
believe the best and safest way is
the purchase Of good breeding pen, to
I'M which to get your start. A flock on
birds started in this way will be Nj
eaper by far than by purchasing day rei
chicks, broody hens and eggs, or vet pi,
incubator, for the purpose Of hatch no
|, in the spring months. p,
There are other advantages to be de- do
ed from the purchase of breeding an
] than the saving Of money, however. vo
your start is made in this way, your H.
Owledge of the business will be gain s,,S
gradually while the several broods on,
being Matched and as you care for