The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-06-26
HOPE FOR BEGINNERS.
a Little Hard Work ls One Of suress
Methods to Overcome
InexoArience.

| In any line of business there are
/ failures. These failures occur often
I through the want of experience or
natural adaptablity of the man at the
| head of the business. In no case is
/ failure more often attributed to the
man himself than in poultry keeping.
| Not everyone is fitted to be a success
full raiser of poultry. This requires a
real liking for poultry and its care. a
critical eye to every detail and a
painstaking disposition to attend to-
these details.
Provided the poultry raiser is
equipped by nature with these neces-
stiles for success. the most common
cause of failure is want of actual ex-
perience In raising poultry This lack
of experience is the foundation of
many of the other causes that con-
tribute to losses. Through experience
any one not naturally adapted to
poultry raising can become successful
and thus overcome handicaps Lack
of experience causes the greatest
stumbling blocks in the business,
namely:
Selection of improper location.
Keeping poor stock.
Starting with the wrong breeds.
Equipping with poor and improper
equipment.
Too expensive buildings.
Too large a plant.
Want of marketing methods.
Neglect of the details.
The person with experience, even
if limited, avoids these stumbling
blocks. They never trouble him to
any appreciate extent because he
knows in advance how to reduce
these troubles to a minimum. The
right beginning is more than half of
success in poultry raising But the
man without experience gets such
hard bumps that he is unable to sur
Yive financially or else becomes dis
couraged and gives up poultry rails
ing before he has given it thorough
trial.
Improper location of the poultry
plant is common cause of failure.
This, of course, grows out of damp,
exposed to cold. chilly northern
winds, and those that are inaccessi-
BILE to good market are among those
that are not suitable for raising poul-
try and should be avoided.
Often beginner wants to start on
too large a scale, scale too large in
10 h bo
puts too much of his investment in
buildings. The beginner is too much
inclined to have his buildings look
snowy and nice.
Improper equipment and too eXpen-
sive equipment result in some fail
ures All equipment such as hoovers,
breeders and incubators should be
simple, but at the same time suhstan-
tial. While it does not pay to buy the
cheapest. yet the other extreme is
equally detrimental. Complicated
equipment requires more attention,
and generally does not give as good
results as simpler appliances.
Taking up new methods and I'M
tried fads causes some to fail in rails
ing poultry. 1t is far better to follow
in the beaten paths than to strike off
on new road that is likely to have
failure at the end.
The selection of poor foundation
stock or breed that is not practical
to raise will seriously injure the
chances for success. If eggs are the
object the poultryman should select
a breed that has known reputation
for high production as an economical
cost, and this means a breed that Is
popular among those successful in the
business of producing eggs for mar
ket. If the poultryman desires to
raise a few fowls for his own use he
could not do better than to take one
of the breeds known as the "all pur-
pose" breeds.
After the start in poultry raisins
has been made by securing proper
buildings and proper flock there
comes the care of the poultry. Here
is where experience counts most. The
greatest common cause of failure in
the care of the plant may be cited I'M
der the general heading of neglect of
details. This embraces everything
from cleanliness in the incubator cell
lar to the proper maturing of chicks
and the culling of the matured fowls.
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