120 THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



SEATTLE, WASH., August 25, 1912. 



Received the 1,040 chicks about ten weeks ago; there 

 were five dead in the boxes. Have lost about 75 of them, 

 all told. S. K. SUTTLE. 



TUCSON, ARIZ., February 17, 1913. 



Received chicks in good condition; 1 dead, 623 alive and 

 kicking. L. E. SMITH. 



RENO, NEV., March 11, 1913. 



Chicks came through fine; 1 dead in 700, which speaks 

 well for their vitality. They surely are a spry bunch. 



A. L. RICE. 



RENO, NEV., July 22, 1913. 



Chicks are fine; they are the largest and best-looking ever 

 seen in Nevada. They are just 4 months and 12 days old. 

 One of them laid yesterday. Every poultryman that sees 

 them remarks it's too bad I haven't a thousand. 



A. L. RICE. 



The preceding extracts are taken from a few of the many 

 unsolicited letters I have received from my customers during 

 the last two years that I have been selling hatching eggs and 

 day-old chicks. I have repeatedly shipped hatching eggs to 

 the Hawaiian Islands and as far east as Minnesota, and 

 day-old chicks where they would be over seventy-two hours 

 on the road. Last summer I turned down over $6,000 worth 

 of orders that I could not fill at $10.00 per 100 for eggs and 

 $15.00 per 100 for day-old chicks. I am aware I will have 

 a hard time convincing some of my readers that what I claim 

 for the 200-egg hen is true, but it seems to me any progressive 

 poultryman would be satisfied with the proof I offer him. 

 I will admit that the eggs and chicks from the 200-egg type 

 hens as now bred are not all we would desire, but that is 

 owing to lack of proper knowledge of breeding. As I have 

 said before, by using the "Hogan Test" the reader can breed 

 as fine or as coarse as his conditions require; and by selecting 

 only those birds with large prepotency he will be assured of 

 success. 



