The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-04-28
People Should Not Jump Into
The Poultry Business Without First
Making Preparation Thoughtful Study

Il is necessary for YOU 10 study the
business and try showing and adj
vertising. Keep your stock before
the public. In this way II Is pos
sible 10 make n back yard flock OF
twenty or maybe twenty-five hens
return a net profit Of from 5000
10 5000 per year. These results
must not be expected the first year,
but only after one has astercd the
science and art Of poultry keeping.
The back yard flock can be fed
on many things that would other
wise 90 TO waste around the home.
The eggs they produce are perfect
ly fresh and cannot be questioned.
like eggs purchased from the store.
Sometimes the back yard flock Is
the only insurance for fresh laid
eggs in the Fall and Winter.
We know of cases whore the eggs
produced by back yard flocks cost
more than 81 per dozen for feed
and labor. In such instances back
yard poultry keeping il not profit
able.
This condition. however, only ex-
lists where faulty management j.
practiced.
Farm Poultry Keeping
The farm j. the ideal place for
chickens. That b. whore they be-
long and where they viii DO The
best. Whenever 10 is necessary TO
yard chickens very closely, sooner
or later trouble begins. The eggs
will not hatch a. well, the chicks
wont do a. wei and the hens wont
lay a. well.
Farm poultry keeping has unlim-
tied opportunities and az yet Few
Texas farmers have realized the
great money making possibilities.
Few farmers have realized that 700
good mems. leverage stock on the
average West and North Texas farm
can easily return net profit OF
S4OO per year. In one year this
sum may appear insignificant, but
on the basis Of farming twenty
wears il would amount 90 the neat
sum of SIS, 900 without compromising
the interest This is much more
than 80 per cent Of the farmers
have after they have tried to farm
for twenty years. This farm flock
Of chickens Il an economical neces-
sity on every farm Keeping 200
hens does not mean To reduce any
Of the other farm operations. II
takes little II any more time TO
take care Of 200 hens than it does
fifty hens. Cheap houses may be
used There is no question m my
mind but what the farm hen Is the
greatest asset on any farm. she
IS the greatest money maker. She
Is the most efficient transformer OF
raw material into finished product.
With all due allowance to her
worthy competitor, the cow
Farm poultry keeping Is the SAT
est branch for farming IN West
Texas. Farm poultry keeping IN
wolves but small risk and only 1T
A farm flock Of 200 hens on
farm viii buy all the groceries and
clothing for a family Of five. i;
will pay FOR many home conven-
fences like electric light plants, sew
ing machines, washing machines,
home water system, etc, sewer sys-
tenn and even paint the house. We
repeat, that the farm poultry flock
is the backbone Of West Texas
farming, and the sooner our farm
ers realize that fact the better.
Place 200 standard bred hens on
your farm and let them work for
YOU, rain or shine. Every day IN
The year. including Sundays and
holiday. The farm poultry flock Is
a busy machine Often transform
waste products into reliable finished
products like eggs and br0ilers.
A net profit Of 81 per hen kept
under farm conditions il low av-
erage. Many flocks exceed this by
great deal
Specialized Poultry
The last few years many people
have gone into commercial poultry
farming, especially around Fort
Worth and Dallas. No doubt II Is
true that these big cities furnish an
excellent market for large numbers
Of eggs and chickens. An expert
enced man or woman can safely IN
vest in a small poultry farm, but
an inexperienced person will waste
money going into extensive poultry
keeping. Many people at Fort
Worth and Dallas are contemplat-
ing small One-acre, two-acre or
five-acre poultry farm, somewhere
between or near to these two great
and growing cities Of Texas can
sos.