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Their " fancy" poultry business was but an accessory of their work in practical lines. As 

 soon as they began to have eggs to sell in quantities, one of them went to New York and looked 

 up special customers who would pay extra prices for a good article. Finding the demand too 

 great to be filled by their own supply, they began to collect eggs from their neighbors, and 

 gradually extended the circle of collections until, when I visited the farm last, they were hand- 

 ling about $25,000 of eggs a year. The farm is one of the finest in that section. One of the 

 brothers retired from the firm a few years ago, and the one who remained and his son continue 

 the farm along the same lines. They are also interested in many outside enterprises. The 

 head of the firm said to me a few years ago: "Our poultry gave us our start. We have made 

 more money since from other things than we ever did from poultry; but poultry has always 

 paid us well." 



A few years ago a stranger stepped up to me at a New England poultry show, and said : 

 'You were pointed out to me as the editor of FARM-l'ouLTRY. I've just won a lot of prize* 

 here, and I want to advertise in your next paper. I want a big space, and I want your best 

 term*. I've spent a lot of good money for birds to show, and now I want to do business. 

 I believe the way to get business is to sling printers' ink. 'I've got plenty of money, and I'm 

 going to sling it." By "it" he referred, of course, to the ink first, but indirectly, I suppose, to 

 hi* money. He had bought a tine farm. He put up expensive buildings. He took in a poul- 

 try fancier of more experience as partner. He remained in the business less than two years. 



A man engaged in a manufacturing business bought a small farm inside the city limits for a 

 home. There was room for a garden, cow, and of course some poultry. He had never taken 

 any special interest in poultry, but fowls were a necessary part of the equipment of such a 

 place, so he bought a few just to keep the family in eggs. 



Having the fowls he felt that he must know something about fowls so he began to read a 

 poultry paper. It happened to be FARM-POULTRY. Heading it he became interested in 

 several features in poultry culture. He built a broiler plant, and made something of a reputa- 

 tion in broiler raising. At the same time he began to breed one of the most popular varieties of 

 fowls. He exhibited^ and won prizes. He advertised in a small way at first, gradually increas^ 

 ing as his stock and trade warranted the expense, until in a few years he had one of the largest 

 poultry businesses in the country, and the broiler adjunct was dropped because it was found 

 more profitable to devote all attention to the production and sale of high class stock. 



About the same time an elderly gentleman of considerable means, bought a farm with the 

 idea of fitting up a poultry plant for bis only son who was an invalid and needed outdoor 

 occupation. He spared no expense in equipping it. He employed an "expert" to Jay out the 



'Poultry House in Corner of a Farm Door Yard. 



