AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



The thing to be most sure about, no matter 

 which method of starting is employed, is that you 

 deal with a man who will give you what you pay 

 for. Don't be misled by offers of cheap fowls or 

 eggs. The man who has invested good money in 

 breeding up a flock of fowls, and has devoted his 

 time and attention untiringly to the business year 

 after year, cannot afford to sell eggs from his best 

 pens for a dollar or two a setting. Hens that are 

 worth ten dollars each lay eggs that are worth 

 three dollars per setting; if they do not bring that 

 much, the breeder has little margin for his invest- 

 ment, labor and experience. 



Starting by Buying Day -old Chicks. The sale 

 of newly hatched chicks, instead of eggs for hatch- 

 ing, is a late and promising innovation for giving 

 beginners a start in the pure-bred poultry busi- 

 ness. While probably still in its infancy, this trade 

 already is making serious inroads upon the sale of 

 eggs for hatching. It gives the beginner most of 

 the advantages of buying eggs in the way of low 

 expense, and at the same time does away with the 

 uncertainty of the eggs hatching well. 



There is considerable danger of improper 

 handling or chilling of the chicks along the route, 

 yet such losses are not much greater with chicks 

 than with eggs; perhaps the greatest danger of 

 failure lies in the unpreparedness or incompetency 

 of the inexperienced person to raise the chicks 



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