ON A TOWN LOT. 43 



Found It Necessary to Move to a Farm 



In preceding pages I have told you of coming from the city and 

 engaging in the poultry business in a small way. Year after year 

 the demand for these fowls has been so heavy that I have been unable 

 to increase my facilities sufficiently to supply the increasing demand. 

 At last I found it necessary to move from my town lot and launch out 

 on a farm. After looking the ground over thoroughly I found an ideal 

 location between Berea and Cleveland, on a suburban car line, with 

 a brick pavement from Berea to Cleveland. I first drained my farm 

 thoroughly, then commenced the erection of my buildings, and at the 

 present time I have buildings sufficient to accommodate three thou- 

 sand breeders, with the capacity of raising five thousand chickens 

 annually. In addition to this, I find it necessary to hatch chicks 

 and send them to farmers to raise where they have range of one 

 hundred acre farms. After erectmg my buildings I set out my farm in 

 fruit trees. The fruit trees not only make an ideal shade for the birds 

 but are very profitable. 



