Show No Large Returns for Small Poultry Raiser Rural flural economists at the New NewYork r York Tork rk State Stafe College College of A Agriculture rl L blast the hopes hOlies hOlies- of 01 many y who ho look forward to a n little farm farm a co cosy y a 0 flocK finch of chickens and a n comfortable hIe ble living Accor According to n figures ures of 12 t poultry farms It II takes s money m nei to nin run tun n a pj poultry farm Flacks I averaging layers had hac hadn haca n a capital Investment nt of siu ou a gross Income of or C coo O and an av 11 average average labor lallor In Income ome or profit after neter infer intern interest st and all nil expenses were deducted deduct de de- duct dueled ducted cd of of r S With In layers s r i the capital Increased increased In in- creased to the thc gross gross' receipts receipts receipts re re- to G and and th the labor Income In in- I come to I Farms Furns with ith 1 1900 birds have ha 2 20 I OUo Invested gross ross receipts of 13 13 and fInd FJ 23 for for- labor income i Farms with 2000 hens ha had gross grass receipts about four times that thaI o othe or of the flOO hen locks but 1111 the labor Income In come conic was s seven sen en times rimes higher hilier This shows sho the rhe Importance of li business a large Ipg enough so sl Kit hat tI the the e op operator cn can make good returns Tor his time which means means a n a pl plant nt 2011 2000 birds or nl more Michigan l Farmer Furmer I |