6 EGG MONEY 



trade with families, clubs or ultra highclass hotels some- 

 times secures a standing price of fifty cents or more per 

 dozen for eggs of choice quality delivered regularly and in. 

 stated numbers. 



Under ordinary circumstances and conditions, with the 

 cost of foods and prices of eggs about the average for the 

 United States, profits of one dollar to two dollars per hen 

 have been realized by those who make eggs the main feature 

 but do not neglect to profit by the sale of what may be called 

 the incidental products, as, the surplus males, the discarded 

 layers and the poultrj' manure. Under specially favorable 

 conditions of location; market, etc., greater profits have 

 been made and are made today. The keeper of a small 

 flock usually makes the greatest profit on each fowl, for a 

 considerable part of the cost of maintenance is saved by 

 substituting table scraps and kitchen waste for much of 

 the grain, beef scraps, etc., that must otherwise be bought 

 and paid for. The farmer's flock can be fed for a very small 

 money outlay, especially in summer when fifty hens will obtain 

 most of their living if allowed to range over the average 

 farm. The exclusive poultry keeper finds the cost of sup- 

 porting his fowls heaviest for he almost invariably buys 

 all the food stuffs; yet his profits are satisfactory if his 

 methods are right. 



It is our purpose to present in this book such information 

 as may be followed with success by the city back-lot poultry 

 keeper with a dozen fowls, the village mechanic with his 

 half-acre to devote to the production of eggs, the farmer 

 with his barnyard flock, or the exclusive poultry raiser 

 who depends upon the difference between income and 

 expenditure to pay the grocer and the clothier and provide 

 the means to educate his children. It is a matter of record 

 that no one method can be described which will prove ade- 

 quate and suitable under all conditions with which the egg 

 farmer on a large or small scale may be confronted. Oa 

 that account we present the advice of different successful 

 poultry keepers, which, taken as a whole, thoroughly 

 covers the field of information on the more profitable pro- 

 duction of eggs. 



WEBB PUBLISHING CO. 



