12 $4223.00 IN ONE YEAR 



found it very profitable to be getting a good yield of eggs during the 

 cold winter months, when eggs were high and when my neighbors 

 were not getting any. In cutting down the number of breeds I kept 

 the breed that produced eggs abundantly during the winter months. 

 This is one of the secrets of the business — to get a breed that will 

 produce eggs practically all the year round, and especially when the 

 price of eggs is high. You will find there is a tremendous demand 

 for chickens of this kind, and if you have them your neighbor wants 

 them and is willing to pay you a good price for a setting of eggs or 

 for a pen of birds. 



Start on Small Scale 



I have told you the importance of selecting the proper breed. 

 Now you ask whether one ought to start on a small or on a large 

 scale. The commercial agencies will tell you that ninety per cent 

 of the business houses fail some time during their lifetime. Probably 

 the principal reason for this is because they start on too large a 

 scale. It is like a boy learning to swim. If he jumps in deep water 

 he drowns, but if he stays in shallow water until he learns he then 

 can go into deep water with safety. 



Pigeons 



I started In the pigeon business a few years ago. When I decided 

 to go into it I wrote a man In Michigan, who was an experienced 

 pigeon raiser, for information. He wrote me, "Don't go into the pigeon 

 business. If you have any money to burn, don't burn it; send it 

 to me." I was informed by others that the earning capacity of a 

 pair of pigeons was two dollars a year, and I figured a thousand 

 pairs would earn two thousand dollars a year. It looked good, so 

 I started in on a large scale. My failure with pigeons was made 

 certain by commencing on too large a scale. My pigeons were an 

 expense from the start, and in a short time I had lost five hundred 

 dollars. It is needless to say that I soon got rid of them. I wish I 

 had taken the advice of my Michigan friend. 



Buy Good Stock to Start With 



On the other hand. I started my chickens on a small scale, and 

 from the very beginning they were paying for their keep and a little 

 more. I found it better to have the chickens working for me than 

 for me to be working for them, as was the oaso with the pisoous. 

 I would suggest that you start in a small way and buy good stock 

 to start with. You will find that it pay?. There is always a demand 

 for good stock, while the demand for poor stock is limited. It is a 



