IN CONCLUSION
I have tried to explain in this little booklet that there is a splendid
opportunity for one to engage in the poultry industry, whether it be
on a large scale, or a small scale. There is considerable pleasure as
well as profit in this work, for the one that is posted on a few of the
essential principles, as has been laid down in this short treatise. It
will probably be well to repeat a few facts that should be remembered
first, however, before closing.
Do not expect to make a great amount of money from your poultry the
first year. Getting started right in the poultry business will cost
something, so for the first year, if you just break even you will
do well. Plan to learn as you go along. Every poultry raiser should
take at least one poultry journal, to keep posted on the latest facts
concerning the business. These journals always carry a great amount of
advertising matter in regard to stock for breeding and in regard to
poultry house equipment, etc. Many useful ideas can be secured from
pretty near every issue of a standard paper.
Get acquainted with the other poultry people in your own locality. This
is especially true in regard to those who have the same breed that you
have. If your locality boasts of a poultry association, become a member
of this association. You can then get much valuable information in
regard to your business.
Get in touch with your state agricultural college, and especially with
the poultry department. Write to them and ask them to send you all
the bulletins that they have published on poultry, and tell them to
place you on their mailing list, so that any future bulletins that
they may publish will be sent you free of charge. Then the U. S. Dept.
of Agriculture has many excellent bulletins on different branches
of the poultry industry that are worth sending for. It is located
at Washington, D. C. Another splendid thing, if you can succeed in
interesting others in your community, would be to send to the Motion
Picture Lab., U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Wash., D. C., and have them
send you their film on culling, entitled, “Select the Laying Hen.” It
certainly brings out in a splendid manner, just how to cull your flock.
Most any moving picture house would be glad to run this reel free of
charge. The only expense of securing this film is the transportation
charges from Washington, D. C., to your home town.
With these parting words on the betterment of your flock, remember that
poultry work has its ups and downs, like any other business. However,
for one willing to inform himself on the business, a very pleasurable
and profitable experience may be anticipated.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The books listed below are in cloth binding and can be secured from
Haldeman-Julius Company, Clothbound Book Department, Girard, Kansas.
The prices quoted include carriage charges.
Success With Hens, Robert Joos. Cloth. $1.35 postpaid.
My Poultry Day by Day, Alfred Gibson. Cloth. $3.15 postpaid.
International Poultryman’s Handbook. Cloth. Illustrated. $1.10 postpaid.
Anatomy of the Fowl, Kaupp. Cloth. Illustrated. $3.65 postpaid.
Poultry Culture, Hygiene and Sanitation, Kaupp. Cloth. Illustrated.
$3.15 postpaid.
Mating and Breeding of Poultry, Lamon & Slocum. Cloth. $2.65 postpaid.
Transcriber’s Notes
pg 8 Changed: content herself to set on a nest of eggs
to: content herself to sit on a nest of eggs
pg 22 Changed: from the center to the outside, and vica versa
to: from the center to the outside, and vice versa
pg 24 Changed: There are seval different sizes
to: There are several different sizes
pg 24 Changed: The manufacturors of the incubator
to: The manufacturers of the incubator
pg 25 Changed: by springling water on the floor
to: by sprinkling water on the floor
pg 33 Changed: green fed of any kind can be added
to: green feed of any kind can be added
pg 55 Changed: It was though that the sunshine
to: It was thought that the sunshine
pg 69 Changed: and dead skin as it peals off
to: and dead skin as it peels off