24 HOW I MADE $10,000 IN ONE YEAR 



When to Start 



You may start either in the fall or in the spring. Fall- 

 hatched chicks stand a good chance of being the offspring 

 of good layers. They mature and come into laying 

 quicker than the spring hatched, and the broiler cock- 

 erels usually bring better prices in the market. The dis- 

 advantage lies in the size of the eggs. Fall-hatched pul- 

 lets lay a very small egg at the start and the eggs are 

 under normal size for several months at least ; this 

 means a discount on price. September hatched birds will 

 be laying in February and as this is the beginning of the 

 flush-laying season and prices are always at the low ebb 

 at that time, the very small eggs bring a very low price. 

 These birds will go into a late moult, beginning usually 

 in September, and in the year following their first moult 

 they are more than likely to out-lay a spring hatched 

 pullet. They will out-earn a spring hatched pullet in the 

 first calendar year (January 1 to December 31) as their 

 second moult will be late and they will be laying and 

 earning money during July, August, September and Oc- 

 tober, when the spring-hatched bird is in its lowest lay- 

 ing period. Our experience with them indicates that one 

 can well afford to carry a fall-hatched bird an extra sea- 

 son. If you have them hatched in September, 1919, they 

 will be laying in February, 1920; moulting in October, 

 November and December, 1920; laying heavily until 

 November, 1921 and you can afford to carry them until 

 September or October, 1922. All of this is conditioned 

 on your treating them properly, of course. 

 The fall-hatched chicks will cost you more than those 

 hatched in the spring whether you buy eggs for hatching, 

 whether you use eggs from your own flock, or whether 



