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and who by their careful and industrious habits have built large 

 chicken farms from a very small start. Put the hen against time 

 and labor and she will never fail. Stick to the hen, and work and 

 care will be crowned with success. 



For twenty long years I traveled for a large wholesale manufac- 

 turing company and am now delighted to say that I am enjoying a 

 much larger income and taking life easier. Although I am just as 

 busy as ever, I am enjoying all the freedom the world affords. In 

 place of being bound by the obligations an employee owes to his 

 employer, who pays for his time and efforts, I feel free to go and come 

 as my pleasure dictates. I do not wish to infer that the average 

 employee is a slave bound by harsh ties. Not so. My employers were 

 very courteous and generous, and were men of splendid character. 



I will venture to say that your employer is equally good to you if 

 you are trying to be fair with him. I have nothing to say against the 

 employee who is doing his duty in an honorable avocation. I say, 

 "Stand by your employer and give him your best efforts, and remem- 

 ber, you will never receive a good salary until you earn it." In case 

 your salary is not large enough to supply the comforts you desire for 

 your family, don't become discouraged. 'Hope springs eternal in the 

 human breast.' " I am sure that my experience may be an object 

 lesson to you. I would not advise you to resign your position and 

 expect to get rich by keeping a few' hens. I would suggest that you 

 start in a small way. Buy the best stock or eggs you can afford. 

 Don't try to succeed by buying a five-dollar trio and putting them into 

 an expensive pen. Better buy good stock — if you have to keep them 

 in a piano box for the first year. 



Poultry Business Offers Grand Opportunities 



After you get started it is an easy matter to improve your build- 

 ings and add to them as your business grows. I believe there is no 

 business under the sun that offers such grand opportunities as the 

 poultry business. Many a man packs his belongings and travels far 

 away looking for opportunity when there are golden opportunities 

 rapping at his door. I know of no business that pays as large 

 dividends on the capital invested as the chicken business. It 

 affords the busy city man much recreation after his hard day's work is 

 over in the shop or office. It gives profitable employment to the 

 man whose health is Impaired and who is not fit for strenuous life that 

 he was accustomed to in his younger days. Many a good housewife 

 has found the chicken business a great help in assisting her invalid 

 husband in making a living. Many a mortgage has been paid off a 



