3 56 Ayricuttuml Gazette of N.S.W, [i-V^/. 3, 1908. 



It was rciiiai-kni ihal lie cnuld not exju'ct a ^^ood laviiiLi strain l»y pro- 

 (.'Ui-iiii;- the fowls in suclr a manner. '"Cannot I.'" said li.-. " I am j>re- 

 parcd io ]dacr Ktit onl of aiiv yard in llio ])lac;' a:^aiiist 100 of some of 

 voiir mucli advertised laying- strains, and have no fear of tlic re-ull>."' 

 Did not this svsti'm of inirchasi n'j lay:'r> h-ave oneself open to the in-inua- 

 tioii tliat tlie praetiee wa- poultry dealing'. "Call it what you like.'" said 

 •Mr. -MeCoinl). "" Certain liii^- city tirms Ixith make ami purehase furni- 

 ture. When they ean jiurchase chea])er than they can make, they 

 pui'eha^e; still rlie\- would olijeet to \)v termed dealers."' 



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Fig. 12.— Patience rewarded. 



Coneernim^- the remark alx.ut so many peojile eommeneine;- poultry 

 farmiiiL:' in .\laidy ami failini;- to make a success of it, the " Glenbrook 

 proprietor, in reply to the ([uery, said there were several reasons for the 

 non-success. "" Some poultry-men wlien they commence keepin<i' a few fowls 

 and havino- done well with them are not satistied, l)ut run off to the 

 news])apers to tell their achievements, and even forward the halance- 

 slieet, which has heeii frepiently puMished. i'erhaps the man is lu-ver 

 heard of a^ain in the |Miu!fry woi'ld. or if so, it is in a year or two hence, 

 when all his fowls ami incubators are advertised for sale. However, 

 before tlii< trouble came about the harm was done. Some poor fellow with 

 one or two liundrt'd pounds read alioiit the money that was to be made by 

 poultry-keeping, and invested all he had in the uiideitak i ne-. He had no 



