Shall it be to raise poultry for market?
If so, what? Squab Broilers? Soft Roasters? Or Capons?
Perhaps all of these.
Some utility line is the best to start with.
Fresh, sanitary eggs are a necessity and command the highest price in the market, daily, for spot cash, just as readily as stocks and bonds command a daily cash value in any financial market. There can be no better proof of the truth of this than the success of The Corning Egg Farm.
PULLET RANGE &
COLONY HOUSES
EACH HOUSE 6′ × 10′
BUILT ON SKIDS
MOVABLE
In whatever line a beginner decides to start he needs to go straight down that line without deviation, taking as his motto, “This one thing I do.” In the fullness of time, having established a reputation for the quality of his eggs and birds, the demand for his eggs for hatching purposes and for his birds as foundation stock for other people, will naturally come to him, and it is very profitable.
One certain fact should be settled in the understanding of every beginner, to wit: it is not possible to invest from five hundred to five thousand dollars in the Poultry Industry and double your money in the first year, or even to earn 50% on the investment. Neither is it possible with $300.00 to build a Laying House with a capacity for five hundred birds, if the house is properly built for warmth and meets sanitary conditions.