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during this period, including the Ancona pen, is 111 eggs, the Anconas have 

 averaged 174 eggs each. 



"Trusting that this mav be of interest to you, I am 



Yours very truly 



F. H. STONEBURN." 



WOMAN'S SUCCESS WITH HER ANCONAS 



There was another letter in particular in Mr. Sheppard's files that we should 

 like to publish here, but a lack of space this month forbids. It was from a 

 Mrs. Ellsworth, who told of the remarkable success she had with Anconas 

 starting with thirty eggs for hatching bought of Mr. Sheppard, from which 

 she obtained 25 chicks. Mr. Ellsworth at the start was not enthusiastic 

 about his wife's chickens, fearing that the work might be too heavy for her, 

 but later when he saw the annual profits he built her a new poultry house 

 without being asked to do so and the next year Mrs. Ellsworth cleared more 

 than 3600.00. Wrote Mrs. Ellsworth: 



"The new chicken house gave me a chance to increase my flock. That 

 year I had 160 Anconas, which paid me as follows: 



Babychicks._ __3 424.35 



Market eggs. _ 215.75 



Stock 550.00 



Total__. ..31190.10 



"After deducting all my expenses I found that I had made a net profit of over 

 3600.00. Here was another surprise for my husband. But he always says 

 that the profit that I have made cannot begin to compare in value with the 

 improvement which has taken place in my health. And it is true. When 

 I started to keep chickens I weighed only 98 pounds. Today I can tip the 

 scales at 151 pounds and am proud of it. My friends say I am a different 

 woman. My husband says I look ten years younger. It has made a lot of 

 difference. I take a new interest in my house work, and taking care of chickens 

 seems more pleasure to me than work." 



In this brief article we have touched only the "high spots" of Mr. Sheppard's 

 splendid success a success now represented by annual sales of breeders, lay- 

 ers and exhibition stock, also of hatching eggs and baby chicks that total 

 close around one hundred thousand dollars and he does this business with 

 apparent ease and comfort! Mr. Sheppard never seems to be in a hurry, 

 never appears to be behind with his work, nor in a state of confusion or un- 

 certainty. Finally, an important factor in Mr. Sheppard's business success 

 as the world's foremost breeder and promoter of the Anconas is his Annual 

 Catalogue, a handsomely printed, well-illustrated book. 



