INTRODUCTORY 



Just a few words in the way of introduction to 

 those who have never heard of me or of my new meth- 

 ods. I was born a poultryman ; my father before me bred 

 fancy stock all his life ; from a small boy I gathered the 

 eggs, took charge of the poultry, exhibited them at 

 the county shows and had birds of my own. I have bred 

 fancy stock all my life and tried the winter broiler busi- 

 ness with fatal results, as hundreds of others have done. 

 This led me to experimenting and also studying nature 

 to see if there was not a way in which they could be 

 raised on a large scale without any loss to speak of. 

 The result is, after ten years of careful experimenting, I 

 have solved the problem and am now able to put any 

 poultry plant on a paying basis, regardless of location 

 or other obstacles, and plants that went out of business 

 under the ordinary methods have started up under my 

 new methods and made wonderful successes. My first 

 edition put on the market two years ago have all been 

 ,sold, as well as my second edition of 3,000 copies in 1907; 

 this, my third edition of 5,000 copies, will be ready to 

 mail in March, 1908. 



My great feed at 10 cents per bushel will make any 

 plant pay. After experimenting with processed oats, my 

 great feed for 11 years, I consider I now have as near 

 a perfect feeding system as can be obtained for either a 

 yarded ^ or free-range plant. Follow my methods, laid 

 down in this book, and success is certain. Read every 

 line carefully. You cannot go wrong, and a fortune 

 awaits any one who builds one of my free range plants, 

 and yarded plants are bound to pay a handsome profit 

 under this system of feeding. 



Very truly yours, 



Edgar Briggs, 



Author. 



