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Show : I FAR3I1I1TO FARMTOPICS FARM . FARMTOPICSCITES TOPICS ics icsCITES CITES EXPENSE IN INPOULTRY INPOULTRY INPOULTRY POULTRY BUSINESSSpecialist BUSINES BUSINESS BUSINESSpecialist Specialist Warns Novices Novicesto Novic Novicto < to Plan in Advance . 87 Hr 0 O T Xl In lCxt.nslon lCxtnslon ltixt.ndoa ltixtndoa . . PoultW7 poultry . SpIt- SpIt Spa - Spaatalltll SpItOI.u.t OI.u.t\ OIu.t OI.u.t OIut atalltll OI.u.tt.Q . \ Ktal1n . g gWNU . : -WNU WNU . - t.Q tQ . 'Ue Ue ' , : . 8irvics 8irvicsCOO : te co COO . ' The 'lbe lbe poultry business buslnes . ts II is keenl7 keenly keenlycompetitive ] competitive compeUUve and requires require . a lare large largeInvestment lareInve.tment , Investment Inve.tment Invetment . . . . Unle Unless . a beginner bellnner he baa baaa . a sound lound knowledge knowlede , of productic producUon production producUonand productionand and markeUn marketing , problems problema problem . , he be will be be.erioua17 beseriously t tseriously . seriously .erioua17 erioua17 handicapped handlca'Pp.d handlcaPp.d handlcaPpd handIeapped ' . . . . 'lb lb ' The . poultry population populaUon has bat In- In - InCTeased increased - creased CTeased more than SO 30 per cent .ine ine since . sln < . 1930 Numbers Number . of eggs e"a ea " on the mar- mar market - - ket lest show an even greater ereater 1ncreas increase increasebecause . because becauae hens are better bettef laen layers , than thanthey thanthey they were seven leven , years ear . agoThese . ago ' 0 0Thue These Thue things thins , ought ouaht to be earefuU7 carefully earefuU7conaldered carefullyconsidered considered conaldered by one who Is . th1Dk1n.I th1Dk1nI thinking . th1Dk1n.Iof thinkingof of &toln toln & going , Into the poultry bUlme business . . . The premium price tor for eggs egp has haspractically " ' hi hipractically 1 1pracUcall7 practically pracUcall7 disappeared dlaappeared Thera There Is Isthe " the advantage advantae , ot or of savings lavlni ' la In ! n tran trans- trans transportation trail - portatlon portaUon portation and perhaps some lome of thehandling the thehandllnll handling handllnll costs coats costa There t Is . also alao the theopportunti7 theopportunity opportunity opportunti7 tor for a limited number nwnber numbersell to to.ell tosell sell .ell ell . e eggs : , . at retail . , , which : , gives ive . aD as aDadvantace asadvantage i iadvantac advantac advantace advantage * advantaceTh1a advantageThis This Th1a doe does . not mean that It Is b no nolonler nolonger i longer lonler po possll possible . le to rash make . a satisfactory . .atisfactory - tory income from the poultry buai- buai bust buaines - . nes ness flees . It doe does . mean that morecareful more morecareful careful planning plannln , Is ia neceJla necessary and andthat andthat that more bird birds . per ! farm ann must be bekept bekept kept to realize the . same .ame ame income that thatwas thatwas th thwas was derived ten or fifteen ftfteen , years ears allo ago alloPoultry agoPoultry as asPoultry Poultry account studies ltudie . have haveshown haveshown shown that the best paln paying , , part partthe of ofthe ofthe the business buslnes . I is . the sale lale of 01 baby babychIckI babychicks chicks chIckI Following Followlnl closely would be bethe bethe the sale aale of to batchln hatching , eill eggs ' , , and andcourse of ofcourse ofcourse course retailing retaU1n1l gives alvei higher income incomethan incomethan than the sale lale of e eggs , , ' at wholesale wholesale'lbe wholesaleThe ' The 'lbe lbe bab baby , chick buslne business . . i is . Umtt- Umtt limit- limit Umtted limited lim - - ed and will not . stand .tand tand a . much mucb sreat- sreat great- great greater sreater grci - - er expansl expansion n . . The same . me ta is title the ellil . eOQ eOQestablish1ne establish1ne establishing of retail retaU route routes . Tb1a This Tb1a.bould Thishould Thisshould .bould bould should . not discourage discourale one who fa faable iable I s . able to do a Uttle lltUe little better Job than theaverage the theaverage thi average fellow It requires requIreJI about abou860 850 hens per person employed If U Ifegis Ueggs 1 eggs egis are to be . sold .old old at retail retaD or for forhatching forbatching tohatching hatching batching and 1,200 1200 1.200 , . to 1 SOO GOO 500 if eggare ellP eggs ellPare eggsare are to be sold lold at wholesale The.e Thee These The.enwnbers Thesenumber Tbesnumbers . nwnbers number . are necessary ecessary pee llary to derive aiadequate an anadequa anadequate adequa adequate te Inc Incprnte lnctnlh > n\e n e \ trom from the poultr poulb7 poultry poulb7bualnes poultrybusiness : business bualnes . businessTwelve Twelve acres II ere . o at ot , land are needeitor needed neededfor neededfor for each eacb 1000 10 1 000 birds blcll As AI tor for Inn.t- Inn.t invest- invest Inn.tment investment InvesImerit . - - i ment , figurep figure ? , from trom tann farm studleshow .tud1e tud1e studies studiesshow . . show an Investment Inve.tment Invetment . of approx- approx - approximately approximately approiImatcly - I imately 310 $10 10 $ ; 30 a . bird This figure figureincludes flgurIncludes cure Iocludes includes the poultry supplies , . landand lanand land and buildings equipment and machlnery machinery ma chlnery chinery |