142 HOW I MADE $10,000 IN ONE YEAR 



reads poultry items telling of two hundred and three hun- 

 dred-egg hens. The egg-laying contests conducted 

 throughout the country are apt to be discouraging also, 

 unless the records are carefully analyzed. 



In either case the reader must consider not only the 

 number of birds that reached the high goal, but the num- 

 ber competing that did not reach it. An authority has 

 stated that in one contest where nearly 3,000 pullets were 

 entered, from 5 to 15 in 100 laid 200 eggs or more. Those 

 entered are of course the very cream of the flock from 

 which they came. If we allow but 1,000 birds for each 

 flock represented, the 3,000 mentioned represented then 

 a total of 300,000; and if we take the maximum of 15 

 per cent to have reached 200 or more eggs, we have 450 

 birds of that class out of 300,000. 



Viewed from this standpoint 200-egg hens would seem 

 to be almost as scarce as the proverbial hen's-teeth. 



A higher production per bird may be attained by keep- 

 ing fewer in one enclosure as is done in the laying con- 

 tests. Here the economic feature enters into play 

 again. How much more will it cost for housing and in 

 day-by-day labor to increase the production in this 

 manner? 



We are satisfied that we can make more net money in 

 the course of the year by carrying them in large flocks 

 as we do, with a production as herein outlined; not per 

 hen, but in sum total. And we would rather have 4,200 

 birds showing a net profit of $2.50 each than 1,500 giving 

 a return of $5.00 each. 



