[To the Editor of the Sei.crATOR.] Sii,—The " pushing of
poultry farming as a way of making money is dangerous. Poultry, as an extra, should pay ; poultry farming is quite another matter. Your corre- spondents, who advocate this form of making a livelihood, should inspect the accounts of some of the many poultry- farms dotted about the country. -Leaving out a few farms of world-wide reputation, it will be found that few of the large labour-employing farms are making are adequate profit on the capital employed, when a proper allowance is made for rent, management expenses, &c. A few of the smaller man and wife farms, rearing about 1,500 chicks, seem to be clearing about 48 a week after meeting all charges except labour. Co-opera- tion is a word not understood in this country, and even where. it is, the difficulty of providing a manager is almost insur-.
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