68 HOW I MADE $10,000 IN ONE YEAR 



We are extremely careful with newly hatched chicks. 

 If it becomes necessary to transfer some from one house 

 to another we either use one of the cardboard chick boxus 

 on which the lid can be set down tight, or else, if an open 

 box is used, we put a gunny sack or a piece of flannel 

 over the chicks before going outdoors. This may seem 

 "fussy"; it must be remembered that your care of these 

 chicks will make or mar your whole year. 



If your chicks are shipped to you by express, learn the 

 exact time when the train is due and be there to meet it. 

 Do not chance a careless expressman setting them out- 

 doors in the rain or snow and wind ; or a careful one put- 

 ting them next to the stove. Either course may cause 

 you not only loss but a lot of misery and trouble. 



Selecting Eggs for Hatching 



We use no egg for hatching that weighs less than 2 

 ounces and we discard exceptionally large eggs also. 

 The egg must be of normal shape, and must have a per- 

 fect shell. "Pimples" of lime in the shell; shells with 

 ridges and water-marks ; shells that clink like glass on 

 being tapped with the fingernail all these are discarded , 

 likewise, of course, any that are checked by which is 

 meant a crack in the shell which may or may not be a 

 complete fracture. 



We take no chances of mixing hatching eggs with 

 the general run the buckets are marked with a card 

 as they are brought to the eggroom, and the eggs dis- 

 carded from the hatching eggs are never packed for mar- 

 ket directly ; they are put into a bucket and are graded 

 and packed out of the bucket. With our years of experi- 



