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Show MINOR MISTAKES Oil FLOCK COSTLY Poultry News Clouded and troublesome will be the future for poultry ranch operators op-erators who fall to use the experience experi-ence of others in the business as a barometer la deciding what steps will be taken in poultry management manage-ment Prices for eggs and poultry prod-rjoedeojd prod-rjoedeojd ernjl nil "3n that they will Improve within several sev-eral months. Meanwhile, more difficulty dif-ficulty will be confronted through high prices of feed, which will, in all possibilities, stay In about their present position for another year. These observations were made by Fred E. Kunkel, active markst authority au-thority of New York. "Soma operators succeed In making mak-ing a profit of $3 a year on each hen," he said. "Reports from such successful operators urge the newcomer new-comer and veteran producer alike, to overstock and push his plant That uncertainty results in uneasiness uneasi-ness and eventual failure. There Is a value in raising small flocks if facilities are' not such that the large flocks can be properly handled. han-dled. The little mistakes are what causa the downfall of the poultry-man, poultry-man, and most of them can be avoided If he will only take time to learn the business before he makes big investments." I Even "backyard" flocks may be profitable fad easy to ralie. be said. The smaller flocks can be relied on for gaining sufficient revenue to pay property taxes or other expenses of ths farm if the operator lacks ambition to raise a commercial size flock. "With all the research work going go-ing on by animal husbandmen in state colleges, state departments of agriculture and the federal government" gov-ernment" Mr. Kunkel said, "it Is surprising to find that there are so many who still fall in the business busi-ness of poultry raising. The an-swsr an-swsr lies In ths fact that the average person does not take advantage ad-vantage of the good and bad experiences ex-periences of others but clings to the best reports without investigating investigat-ing further. There is no poultry-, poultry-, man in the nation who Is so learned , in the industry that hs cannot gain information from ths experience of others." 1 A . A. |