172 EGGS AND POULTRY 
the chicken business from a scientific basis 
but have aimed to make it practical in every 
way. I have not claimed to make big profits, 
for I have not made them, nor do I believe 
the profits from the chicken business are any 
larger than those of most other lines of busi- 
ness which require the same attention, but I 
do believe that a living can be made and while 
making that living you can get in touch with 
Nature, learn some of her wonders and gain 
better health as well as enjoy the simple 
pleasures of country life. 
I have gone into the marketing of eggs in 
detail. This though not customary is yet one 
of the absolutely necessary parts of the busi- 
ness that a beginner must know, since it is 
one thing to produce a commodity but an- 
other to sellit. I have given away “secrets” 
that have cost me many dollars to learn and 
which will save you just as many dollars. if 
you can profit by my experience, and I sin- 
cerely hope that whoever reads this book may 
be helped, either by being kept from embark- 
ing in the poultry line if he has the idea that 
it is an easy way to wealth or, having decided 
to start, that he may be assisted through the 
early stages of development to a profitable 
living. 
