AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
The thing to be most sure about, no matter 
which method of starting is employed, is that you 
deal with a man who will give you what you pay 
for. Don’t be misled by offers of cheap fowls or 
eggs. The man who has invested good money in 
breeding up a flock of fowls, and has devoted his 
time and attention untiringly to the business year 
after year, cannot afford to sell eggs from his best 
pens for a dollar or two a setting. Hens that are 
worth ten dollars each lay eggs that are worth 
three dollars per setting; if they do not bring that 
much, the breeder has little margin for his invest- 
ment, labor and experience. 
Starting by Buying Day-old Chicks. The sale 
of newly hatched chicks, instead of eggs for hatch- 
ing, is a late and promising innovation for giving 
beginners a start in the pure-bred poultry busi- 
ness. While probably still in its infancy, this trade 
already is making serious inroads upon the sale of 
eggs for hatching. It gives the beginner most of 
the advantages of buying eggs in the way of low 
expense, and at the same time does away with the 
uncertainty of the eggs hatching well. 
There is considerable danger of improper 
handling or chilling of the chicks along the route, 
yet such losses are not much greater with chicks 
than with eggs; perhaps the greatest danger of 
failure lies in the unpreparedness or incompetency 
of the inexperienced person to raise the chicks 
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