Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
(By J. HOWARD SLEDD)

Recently we had letter from u
lady-resident in Tulsa-in which
she asked us for information as to
the poultry business. having decided
to get INTO thar business in a COM
mcrcial way. IT was "A pleasure to
write her all we could in a personal
lctter, and now we are going to say
publicly something as to the business
and getting started in it.
Success in any calling is the meas
ule of II mans ability. In entering
any avocation success is the end de-
sired. To reach the goal aimed at
Iequires assiduous attention to all the
details of that business, whether it
bo rearing chickens or building bat
tleships. Lack of this attention to
detail viii produce failure in the
poultry business just as surely as it
will result in bankruptcy in all other
lines of endeavor Those engaged in
every enterprise learn by experience,
Aot only their own. but that of others
as embodied in the printed page.
The Men in the Business.
The old Latin proverb. "Poeta
nastitur non fer'-a poet is born, not
made-is in large measure true OF
those who enter the poultry business
and succeed. There must be an in
nate love of the teathcred tribe to
make a successful poultryman. No
animal responds more quickly to
kindness and good treatment than
does the hen. Her timidity makes
her love the haunts of men and the
hand that supplies her needs. In her
highest estate she is the work on
mans creative powers, and she rec
Cgnizes the hand that has brought
her from the jungles of Africa to the
greatest producing power of the pres
ent century.
Not only should the poultryman be
Possessed of love for the low! it,
elf, but he should have a love for
detail and system. In this detail
work and in what most people esteem
the trivial things lies the success OF
the failure of the poultryman.
Different Lines of EndcayOr.
The poultry business presents sew
cral different lines of endeavor. and
in each Is a hope of reward to those
who prosecute them to their legiti-
mate ends While in each there is
the hope and the assurance OF ample
reward when properly followed up,
there is in none of them the get-rich-
quick scheme that many of the So
called systems of poultry raising
claim. In each one there is more
than a living, but in none of them Is
there even 4 living il the pest business
keep in mind the fact that rearing
poultry is a business, and as such
'&st be done on business principles
-rDw you can have your choice of
either OF the following plans: You
may breed for (a) eggs for market
tb) broilers; (c) eggs and meat; Cd,
exhibition stock: te) breeding stock
and eggs for Matching.
Eggs for Market.
In entering the field for market
eggs. the first requirement is to Sc
cure your location as near as NAV be
to a good market-you have one al
Tulsa-and then fird out the color OF
the shell of the egg that is demanded
10y that market. This may seem to
the nninitiated an uncalled for pre-
caution. Remember. however, that
the world Is full of people with
Whins. There is no difference in th
nutrltive value of an egg. let its shell
ne whlte or tinted. We do not eat the
'Hslls, yet there are thousands who
ufchase eggs on account Of the
color of the shell. Presumirg tina,
You have entered the business fol