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well-known system, there is no doubt that its originator 

 is a man of keen and practical mind. In the face of the 

 stern necessity of the above requirements for location, how 

 is it that we find Mr. Hastings so far away from him in 

 his beliefs and practices ? The system man affirms that 

 his broilers reach two pounds at eight weeks, and that 



Actual Variations in Retail Prices in the United States, in Ten Years : From 

 Six to Seventy-four Cents 



he has no loss in raising them. He declares, in this 

 connection, that there is " a living in poultry keeping 

 and a living better than 99 out of 100 who ' seek work ' 

 for a living are making. The location is but a small 

 factor." One of his maxims is, " To-morrow will NEVER 

 do." In support of this maxim, he asserts that all but 

 one out of a hundred cases of failure in any line are 

 caused either by not giving attention at the proper time, 

 or else by giving more attention to something else than 

 to the business. He refers to the poultry business as 



