Value of Products 3 



cents per dozen below the average price in New 

 York city for fresh eggs, the total will equal 

 $241,418,660, which is considerably more than 

 the total value of the coal, iron, and mineral oil 

 produced in the United States for the same 

 period. As these estimates apply only to the 

 products of farms and do not include the poul- 

 try products of villages and cities, it will be seen 

 that the total value of the whole product of the 

 country must far exceed the moderate estimates 

 given above. 



LITTLE CAPITAL KEQUIKED 



To a person contemplating a new enterprise or 

 the extension of a business already established, 

 one of the first questions to be solved is "What 

 will it cost?" It often happens that the original or 

 first cost of an enterprise, prevents persons of 

 moderate resources from making what in their 

 judgment would be a safe investment. Probably 

 there is no important branch of animal industry 

 that requires so little outlay in labor and money 

 as poultry-keeping. Unlike many enterprises, the 

 poultry business may be begun in a small way 

 and conducted successfully with the expenditure 

 of a very meager sura of money. In breeding 

 other kinds of pure-bred farm stock the first 

 cost necessarily must be considerable, particu- 



