$ [Dollar sign] 100,000 per $ [Dollar sign] 100,000 per year from poultry. The Curtiss poultry book, being a complete and accurate account of the great plant and present successful methods of W. R. and W. J. Curtiss dollarsign10000000boye Year: 1910 CURTISS POULTRY BOOK. 9 The Story of the Farm It was about twenty years ago that the younger of the Curtiss Brothers (Roy) began keeping poultry with an aim to making a living. The father had a number of hens on the farm, but they were neglected, kept more 'after a fashion' than anything else. Roy conceived the idea that he could make a profit ou
$ [Dollar sign] 100,000 per $ [Dollar sign] 100,000 per year from poultry. The Curtiss poultry book, being a complete and accurate account of the great plant and present successful methods of W. R. and W. J. Curtiss dollarsign10000000boye Year: 1910 CURTISS POULTRY BOOK. 9 The Story of the Farm It was about twenty years ago that the younger of the Curtiss Brothers (Roy) began keeping poultry with an aim to making a living. The father had a number of hens on the farm, but they were neglected, kept more 'after a fashion' than anything else. Roy conceived the idea that he could make a profit out of them, and as the family actually re- ceived no income from the stock, he made his father a proposition. It was that he (Roy) was to feed and care for the fowls, while the father supplied the feed. In return for this, the boy was to deliver free to the family all the poultry and eggs that were needed, and all over that number belonged to Roy, to sell or dispose of as he saw fit. The prop- osition was accepted. It re(|uires quite an army of help on Niagara Farm, and each employee has his or her particular work to perform Roy looked ahead. He wanted to enlarge the plant, and therefore it would not be wise for him to sell all the young fowls. So he carefully picked out the most desirable (according to his crude ideas) which he retained for additions to next year's stock. Gradually the plant en- larged, and all the time the father faithfully kept his promise to supply the feed. Calling for a New Deal—But, after a while, the heavy cost of feed became a serious question with the father, and he naturally became un- easy. Roy was entirely too ambitious for him. A few more years of en- largement of the plant and it would mean a case of bankruptcy. Already he was paying as high as a dollar for an egg, to say nothing about the fabulous price for a roasting fowl for a Sunday's dinner. The father cannot be blamed for crying halt. It was time for him to do so. There was a consultati
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