16 EGGS AND POULTRY 
a poultry house just completed; a loss total- 
ing $500 less $150 for eggs and fowls pre- 
viously sold. All caused by an error in 
judgment! 
It took me two days to get over the shock 
and the disappointment. But on April I a 
new account book was started with the 65 
survivors, some of which looked as though 
they had been through the war. A 244-egg 
incubator was borrowed and work begun 
again with the result that at the end of the 
summer I had a goodly flock of chickens. 
Having acquired a two-acre plot in a dif- 
ferent location, a 20x15 foot house was built 
for the 65 hens in July, and the little ones 
moved to new quarters where they did very 
well, necessitating the building of an addi- 
tional 60 to the 20 foot house occupied by 
the hens. About 225 pullets were moved 
into winter quarters in October, being kept 
separate from the hens so the year’s record 
of these 65 hens could be kept straight. This 
record at the end of their year showed just 
$1.50 profit on each hen, 
The flock was now of fair size. Realizing 
that soon quite some eggs would be coming, 
in January a few dozen were sent to a friend 
in my home town. These being quickly dis- 
