8 EGGS AND POULTRY 
or at a very slight sacrifice unless it is of a 
fancy breed, in which case perhaps, this 
statement might not apply. In the starting 
of how many other lines of business can the 
investor be assured that, if at the end of the 
year he wants to sell at cost, he can do so 
even without getting any dividends from his 
stock as he would get from his hens? Every 
man launching a new business must take into 
consideration the fact that he or his heirs 
might wish to sell. It is a good business in- 
deed that at forced sale would return any- 
thing like the amount of money invested. 
Another of the safe, encouraging features 
is that of the ready market for all that is pro- 
duced. Compare this advantage with those 
of other lines. What a snap a manufacturer 
would feel he had if he knew he was certain 
that no matter how much he produced he 
could not glut the market and that without 
expensive salesmen he could box and ship his 
product at a fair price. 
POULTRY A BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS 
The New York Tribune of October 13, 
1913, stated that 1,700,480,880 eggs went into 
the New York market in 1912. Is it likely 
that the few you and others will produce, 
