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The fowls used in this business are of all varieties but 

 Mr. Fred Fuller, the superintendent, believes that results 

 would be better if only one or two varieties of pure-bred stock 

 were kept. He is tempted to raise a few hundred pullets 

 each year from good laying stock and keep them over for 

 the experiment. He prefers White Leghorns where eggs 

 are the sole object, but pins his faith to Plymouth Rocks or 

 Wyandottes where the sale of the fowl is. also considered. 

 Mr. Fuller says that a good man can care for 2,000 or more 

 fowls penned in this manner. 



The sale of eggS' is expected to pay the cost of main- 

 taining the fowls and plant, and the profit is derived from 

 the advance in the price received for the fowls over that 

 paid for them in the spring. If the stock is properly fat- 

 tened when sold the gain is considerable. 



The Possibilities of the Business. 



To any one interested in practical poultry work, this 

 scheme presents attractive possibilities and to those who, 

 from inclination or necessity, devote their winters to other 

 pursuits but desire to follow some such line during the 

 summer, it should prove both interesting and profitable. 

 The capital required is less than that required to estab- 

 lish ahnost any agricultural business that will require a 

 person's entire time for its operation and pay him as good 

 returns for his labor. Substantial accommodations for 

 1,000 hens can be built for $250.00 or less, and the fowls 

 themselves, if well bought, should not cost more than $500.00. 

 The eggs should pay for the supplies almost from the start 

 and also pay the care-taker a fair price for his labor. 



Prices for dressed poultry of good quality are always 

 higher in the fall than in the spring and there should he 

 no difficulty in increasing the average weight of the fowls 

 at least one pound. If that pound of meat sold for 14 

 cents the profit on 1,000 hens would be $140.00, or eighteen 

 per cent for six months on money invested. 



