BRANCHES OF THE POULTRY BUSINESS I9 



care — the maintenance of the machine, the hen, the 

 cost of the raw material, the feed and the items of 

 Jabor, interest on investment, etc. 



EGGS FOR HATCHING 



One of the advantages of keeping pure-bred fowls 

 is that eggs may be sold for hatching at prices con- 

 siderably higher than even the highest market 

 figures. No farmer, however, should strive to make 

 sales, especially through advertising, until after he 

 has learned to breed and select his flock sufficiently 

 well to secure fair uniformity in the progeny. This 

 applies just as much to one line of breeding as 

 another, whether for plumage, for flesh or 

 for eggs. Having reached a fair degree of success 

 it will be time enough to dispose of eggs to his 

 neighbors, and by means of advertising. In fact 

 it would be unwise for a successful poultryman not 

 to dispose of his surplus eggs in this way pro- 

 vided, of course, he can do so at reasonable profit. 

 The one thing to remember is always to have a 

 good article to sell and to treat the customer with 

 as great fairness as one would demand were the 

 case reversed. This is the surest way to build up 

 a good-paying business. 



It must be remembered that selling eggs for 

 hatching is in the main not so satisfactory to either 

 buyer or seller as selling fowls, or perhaps even 

 as selling day old chicks. To be sure the great 

 majority of poultry breeders do sell eggs for hatch- 

 ing. Perhaps this is because the custom has be- 

 come almost universal or because it pays. In spite 

 of the disadvantages it seems evident that selling 



