26 EGGS AND POULTRY 
other conceivable place to lay her eggs, even 
on top of the curtain fronts of the houses, 
or she will set on a couple of china eggs un- 
til they are hot, but leave a nice setting of 15 
real eggs (perhaps worth $5!) to hunt up 
those china ones, and if they have been taken 
away she may sit on the place that recalls 
them to her memory. The roosts may be 
exactly right, but if she prefers a tree or a 
window sill or the side of a nest box it will try 
your patience to make her see things your 
way. 
“How use doth breed a habit in a man” — 
and in a hen. But, thank fortune there is 
one good feature in this; for once you get 
her into your way of thinking your troubles 
are over, for “chickens come home to roost.” 
4. Market. A highly important feature of 
a successful poultry business is a good market 
for produce. In the first place make your 
decision as to what kind of market you will 
cater to and bend your energies to that end. 
Business today is a matter of specialization. 
Few men can meet the severe competition of 
the times and be successful, unless their ener- 
gies are set on one thing rather than divided 
among many. Soa beginner would be safer 
in deciding at once that he will build up an 
