CHAPTER V 



Pleasure and Profit 



Y CHICKENS gave me pleasure as well as increased 

 my bank account. I started my third year with, 

 more encouragement, and, as I found the poultry 

 journals were doing me a splendid service, I again 

 increased my advertising. I had raised a larger 

 flock and had no trouble in disposing of it again. 

 I mated more breeding pens and still found that 

 my supply of hatching eggs was not equal to the 

 increasing demand. At the end of the third year my sales figured 

 $890.51 for the year. In addition to this I had on hand a still larger 

 flock of chicks and breeding pens. 



At the beginning of the fourth year I could see a grand future 

 dawning for this remarkable breed, so again resolved to increase my 

 capacity. At the end of the fourth year I found my sales for the 

 year to be $1,910.10. The demand had steadily increased the fourth 

 year, so I made still greater preparations for increased business for 

 the fifth year. I wasn't disappointed in my expectations, as you will 

 readily see when I tell you that the sales for my fifth year amounted 

 to $4,094.00. 



Sales $9,515.00 Sixth Year 



The sixth year my business continued to grow, and at the end 

 of the year I found that I had more than doubled the preceding year, 

 and my books showed that my sales amounted to $9,515.00. 



I kept about ninety females for my breeding pens, and about ten 

 males, selling off my culls for table use. I farmed out a lot of utility 

 stock to farmers. By doing this I was enabled to supply a heavy 

 demand for utility eggs that came from birds that had plenty of 

 range and eggs strong in fertility that produced vigorous stock. I 

 sold many eggs from $2.50 to $30.00 per setting, and raised about 

 five hundred youn.gsters. I followed the ideas described in this book. 

 At the end of the year I found I had sold $9,515.00 worth of stock 

 and eggs. My expenses, including advertising, feed bills, boy's wages, 

 etc., amounted to $5,292.00, leaving a balance of $4,223.00. 



These figures do not include the eggs and springers used on my 

 table. The eggs and stock sold to the market would run about five 



