Milford chronicle., 1917-08-17

The aim of every business man is to make pro-
t from his enterprise, and unless his desires are
accomplished. he cannot be said to be success or
have a business, but on the other hand is in re-
ality mere laborer. No business is a business
when its proprietor SIMPLY gets an existence from
it. This holds true Of the poultry business well
as in other pursuits aud rightly 30.
Many persons. however. fail to get profit from
the raising of chickens through neglect. ignorance
or indifference or because they fail to realize the
value of this particular industry. Then. too fail
ure 10 often the result Of trying to overdo the
thing. The average novice in the chicken business
is constantly endeavoring 70 increase his hocks,
with the thought that the more birds he possesses
the greater will be the profits, but he gives what
stock he has little or no attention.
The profit to be derived by the raising of chick
ems is not always determined by the size Of the
flocks nor by the breed Of the birds themselves.
Eggs represent the keynote to the profit side Of
the ledger. and the success Of any breeder with
any type Of fowl is due entirely to the amount Of
eggs that they produce. Of course, there are
other profits to be derived from poultry beside
that which is produced by the sale Of eggs. but
the bulk Of profits from any poultry plant is got
ten from the quantity Of eggs Il is almost safe
bet TO say that the poultryman or breeder who
fails to get eggs fails to get profit for the money
made from other branches Of the industry. while
fair. is not sufficient to show balance on the pro-
fit side.
We have shown that where there are no eggs
there is no profit now let us say something about
getting them. No hen in a poor condition will
yield sufficient eggs 70 pay for her keep. and IL
must be remembered. that every individual hen
said TO give profit TO her breeder. From this it
can be seen that in order to make every hen
profit she must be keptin the very best conditions,
and to do this means that Mr.. Breeder must be up
and doing all the time. Let nothing stand in your
way of making your business q success. ] know
plenty Of men who. when building up mercantile
business, will labor almost constantly never SEEM
ing to tire, yet these same fellows will become
careless and lax in their methods when they start
in the poultry industry.
People or many Of them, somehow get the idea
that the poultry business will take of itself
without any of their assistance, and the result is
that they lose much money. Learn from the start
that in order to shell out eggs the fowls must be
kept in laying trim, and laying trim" means that
they must be kept in a good. healthy condition
and be made comfortable during the day and night.
When a bird flock gets out Of condition it
means that the fowls have not had the proper care
and attention or that some Of the many details in
cident 70 the proper conduct of a poultry plant
have been neglected. There are many and divers
reasons for fowls becoming out of condition. Some
are poorly fed or overfed. overcrowded. cOoped
with lack Of sanitation, improperly housed. and
indeed are the recipients of neglect or Oversights
which cause them 70 join the already large chicken
army non n-prOdueers.
The bulk Of profit from the business. as before
aid. comes from the sale of eggs and it is there
iore up to the breeder to produce them in fair
Quantities in order to make the business paying .
lenture.
But there are many things necessary to be done
n order to make the hens productive along this
inc. Now that the birds are in the moult. or en-
oying the rest period. they should be specially
yrOomed for the fall and winter laying season, as
hat is the one time in the whole year when the
,Oultryman can make little money.
Few breeders have been able to show profit
rom their birds during the past spring and sum
ner by virtue of the high cost of feed. The winter
easOn. however. is fast approaching and eggs
will take a stiff jump in price. But while the diff
erenee is not all profit by any means yet the
margin Of profit is far greater from the sale of
winter eggs than from those gotten during the
prng and summer.