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now breeding them by the thousand, and hope to be able to supply 

 the rapidly increasing demand for these wonderful layers. 



Selecting the Variety 



I do not v/ish to use these pages as an advertising medium, so 

 later I will mention the names of the breed that has made money 

 for me — the kind that lays eggs almost the year around, and especially 

 during the winter months, when the price of eggs is high. The 

 breed is a new one and a breed that may not be familiar to you. I 

 would not recommend them to you because they are a new kind, but 

 because they are such wonderful layers. "By their works ye shall 

 know them." By their wonderful laying records they have proved 

 themselves the greatest layers the world has yet produced. They 

 are the business hen and are the real twentieth century egg machine. 



My Actual Experience Step by Step 



I shall start at the beginning and tell you my actual experience 

 in the poultry business, step by step. I shall tell you how my business 

 grew from $160.00 the first year to $9,500.00 the sixth year, on a 

 town lot. 



I lived in Cleveland for a number of years. My health was not 

 very good. It looked to me as though it were a choice between 

 going to the country to live, or of joining the ranks of the countless 

 slumbering army before I was ready. I resolved to go to the coun- 

 try and was not long in selecting a location. After looking over 

 a number of places on the southern shore of Lake Brie I decided to 

 locate in Berea, where conditions were ideal — good schools and 

 colleges to educate the children, and all modern conveniences. 

 Located as It is on three trunk lines of railroads and a splendid 

 electric line, shipping facilities are excellent. I leased the property 

 for two years. At the end of six months I liked the location so well 

 I bought the property. 



Living on a Town Lot 



We moved to Berea the latter part of March, 1906. It was a 

 revelation to me. There we were, living on a nice town lot, the air 

 pure and sweet, and as the Spring pressed on and as Nature budded 

 forth in all her beauty, the grass grew green and the air became 

 redolent with perfume from a wilderness of fragrant blossoms. The 

 songbirds returned and added greatly to the surroundings with their 

 cheerful and sweet songs. As the weather became warm, we (my 

 wife and children) commenced fixing up our lawn and preparing the 

 soil for a garden. After the ground was nicely cultivated we com- 



