Poultry fancier . sted a dol-lar, more or less, in a book that told themhow much money could be made in thechicken business, and the poor fellowsbelieved every word they read, and cameto the conclusion that if Mr. Jones couldmake so much money from his hens thatit had the Klondike beat to a , yes, he started in with good inten-tions; he had it all figured out in Blackand White, so many hundred dollarsfrom so many hens- Well, he thoughthe would be conservative, and dividedit by two, and he would still have $3,000clear from his hens. Yes sir, he resignshis position; he converts his lit
Poultry fancier . sted a dol-lar, more or less, in a book that told themhow much money could be made in thechicken business, and the poor fellowsbelieved every word they read, and cameto the conclusion that if Mr. Jones couldmake so much money from his hens thatit had the Klondike beat to a , yes, he started in with good inten-tions; he had it all figured out in Blackand White, so many hundred dollarsfrom so many hens- Well, he thoughthe would be conservative, and dividedit by two, and he would still have $3,000clear from his hens. Yes sir, he resignshis position; he converts his little homeinto cash; he puts in his 500 hens, andhe reads his book. He is now started inthe business. Need I follow and picturethis man all through the year? Wedont think it is necessary. At the endof the year we picture him. He realizesthat the little book he bought led himastray; that there could not be so muchmoney made from so many hens, nomatter what system it is. This poorfellow loses his all. Back to the town. E. R. McCrork, Supt. Mechanical De-partment of the Poultry Fancier, theman responsible for making the mechani-cal art in the Fan. ier possible. Mr Mc-Crork is also Secretary of the NorthPenn Poultry Association. or city for him, to start life all overagain. This man tells his friends tolay off the poultry business and he showsthem figures that speak as loud as allthe systems. Yes, what did he leave be-hind? A monument in the way of adeserted Poultry Plant, erected to thememory of misguiding and misleadingPoultry Literature, that told him how tomake so many dollars from so manyhens. How long is the American PoultryAssociation or Organized poultry going-to stand for the misleading dope thatis being scattered broadcast at so muchper system? I believe that the Poultrybusiness presents as good an opportuni-ty to make a living and make money asany business in this broad land, and Ialso believe that no business will yielda larger revenue from the amount of dol-lars invested
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