251 E^^s in 12 Months 

 from 1 Hen 



Do you know that in the next seven years the 

 people of the city of Xew York alone will consume 

 nearly a million eggs per moutli? 



Do you know that fowls return over four hun- 

 dred per cent of their value each year— a greater 

 interest on the investment than that from any other 

 department of animal industry ? 



Do you know that the poultry and ess sales 

 of the census year would have paid the entire cost 

 of the army and navy, and left thirty-four million 

 dollars over, or that it would have paid the whole 

 pension bill and left a surplus of eighty-seven 

 million dollars ? 



Do you know that the egg and poultry earnings 

 of the United States for one year amounted to i-)iO,- 

 000,000, whereas the total of the gold, silver, wool 

 and sheep produced in this country the same year 

 was onlv 5272,434,^15 ; the sugar production was but 

 120,00(1,000; the wheat crop (that used at home) only 

 1229,000,000; t:;e oat crop only $78,984,900; and the 

 corn crop only 1259,161,640 ? 



These figures give you some idea of the extent 

 of the poultry and egg business of the country and 

 the demand for tlie product. Yet the possiliilities 

 of the business have never been even approached 

 because of the inability to obtain a satisfac- 

 tory or profitable number of eggs from each 

 hen. 



The Real Secret of Poultry Success Now Disclosed 



The most perplexing problem that has confronted poultrymcn for generations has been how to 

 obtain a satisfactory or profitable number of eggs from each hen kept. Tiiis pro!)letn has now 

 been solved. As the result of years of scientific research and extensive practical experiments, Mr. 

 L. F. Van Orsdale has succeeded in accomplishing phenomenal results in securing high average egg 

 records from large flocks. 



The above is a life-like photograph of the hen that 

 laid 251 Eggs (actual count; in one year. 



251 Eggs in 12 Months From One Hen 



Mr. VanOrdsale has placed the results of his 

 work in a book entitled: "How to Build Up a 

 Heavy Laying Strain." In this book he describes 

 clearly and fully the methods he followed which 

 resulted in his obtaining 251 eggs in twelve months 

 from one hen, which is the the world's greatest 

 egg record, and a number which would have 

 been considered impossible a few years ago. 



Mr. Van (^rsdale's book will revolutionize the 

 Egg industry. Mr. A. M. Lafayette, D. DS., a 

 noted authority, says: "I consider this book con- 

 tains more good points (with poor ones conspicu- 

 ously absent) than any other on the subject of 

 egg production that I have read. The develop- 

 ment of a heavy and persistent laying strain of 

 fowls from good stock is merely a matter of 

 carefully following the advice therein." 



You Can Do as Well 



The principles and rules laid down in Mr. Van- 

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 It gives information in detail on every subject 

 relating to egg production; tells how to select the 

 laying hens; how to mate, care and biecd for 

 heavy layers; how to eliminate the drones and 

 save time, labor and expense; describes the trap 

 nest and its value with three illustrations of three 

 leading makes; tells how and what to leed; how 

 to prepare balance rations; in fact each chapter 

 is complete in every detail, and will prove price- 

 less in value to those who wish to increase the 

 egg yield of their flocks. The book is handsomely 

 illustrated from cover to cover, containing photo- 

 graphic illustrations of heavy laying birds, mod- 

 ern houses, runs, appliances, e'c , that are in 

 keeping with the instruction set forth. 



Make Dollars Where You Now Make Cents 



If you keep hens for eggs, you can't afford to go anotlier day without a copy of this hook. It will 

 show you how to make d<jllars where you now make cents. The information given is rational and up 

 to the minute, shedding light on vital points pertaining to egg-making that have previously remained 

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 fowls, of all breeds, and in all climates, is merelv a matter of carefully following the advice contained 

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