CHAPTER I 



A New Plant 



Since getting out the first edition of my book in April, 

 igo6, and my second edition of 3,000 copies in 1907, 

 whicli have gone so rapidly that my third edition of 5,000 

 copies will be ready to mail in March, 1908, as my main 

 object is to get out a new edition every year so you 

 can get the benefit of all my latest experiments. I have 

 bought a new 60-acre farm specially adapted to build 

 one of my free-range plants on, where I can entertain 

 my customers and friends, and where you will always be 

 welcome and made at home. I am now building a plant 

 to carry 2,000 layers of the very choicest White Wyan- 

 dottes and Single-combed White Leghorns on my famous 

 free-range system. No time nor expense will be spared 

 to make this one of the greatest paying plants in this 

 country. This will also be to some extent an experi- 

 mental farm, as my aim will be, if possible, to improve 

 on my sys'tem. All my young stock will be raised on 

 the free-range system as laid down in this book. For 

 this I have two four-acre fields, side by side, which will 

 be inclosed by a wire netting fence, as described else- 

 where, and one field will be used for White Wyandotte? 

 and one field for Single-combed White Leghorns. I shall 

 endeavor to raise 2,000 of each breed. Four choice mat- 

 ings of each variety will be kept to produce my prize 

 winners and to produce males for all my breeders and 

 for my customers, as my great aim is to produce the 

 best hatching eggs in this country from the best stock 

 at the lowest prices, as I shall do but little advertising 

 for my poultry plant. My customers, who have bought 

 my book, will get the benefit of all my experiments 

 and the benefit of exceptional quality in stock and 

 eggs. In front of my dwelling I have a five-acre field 



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