. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 1. Back-yard poultry keeping (Photograph from A. T. Grosvenor) The poultry industry. The production (for home use or sale) and the sale of poultry products constitute the poultry industry. " The poultry business " is a term applied to poultry keeping on a scale large enough to make it the busi- ness of one or more persons. The greater part, probably over ninety per cent, of all the poultry sold in the United States is produced by poultry keepers who do not make a business of poultry culture but keep poultry on a small scale
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 1. Back-yard poultry keeping (Photograph from A. T. Grosvenor) The poultry industry. The production (for home use or sale) and the sale of poultry products constitute the poultry industry. " The poultry business " is a term applied to poultry keeping on a scale large enough to make it the busi- ness of one or more persons. The greater part, probably over ninety per cent, of all the poultry sold in the United States is produced by poultry keepers who do not make a business of poultry culture but keep poultry on a small scale while giving their attention chiefly to some other occupation, usually general farming. As the figures of the early census show, there was a poultry industry of considerable proportions before the idea of developing poultry culture as a business began to be entertained. While the magnitude of the totals of volume and value of poul- try products naturally suggests opportunity for the development of poultry production on a large scale, with correspondingly large profits, the fact that the demand is so nearly met by the produce of the millions of small flocks should be far more signif- icant to those engaging in large poultry-producing enterprises. The poultry industry as a whole is per- manent. It includes (as long as the business lasts) every poultry business. The stable factor in pro- duction is the farm flock, the produce of which is largely profit. The spectacular large enterprises rarely last long, and their nominal contributions to poultry production often repre- sent only a waste and loss of money earned in other Fig. 2. A back-yard poultry plant. House con- struction conforming to that of residence. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935
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