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could afford it, it would be well to pay a little more than the 

 above mentioned price for his females. Of course, this sounds 

 like a lot of money for a working man to put into three birds, 

 but my advice is that if any one can't afford to put $25.00 to 

 $50.00 in them this year, it is better to wait another year and 

 try to save up $50.00 more so as to make his start right. He 

 will save time by doing so. 



From the trio, even with a little hard luck, he should be able 

 to raise at least 75 chickens. Around the first of August, he 

 should go through the whole flock and take out all culls and 

 sell them for market. The money received from them should 

 be used for advertising in one of the best poultry journals. 

 The ad. should start in the September issue. I should also ad- 

 vise him to show some of his earliest cockerels and pullets at 

 some of the September fairs. If he could make a good win 

 at the early fall fairs it would be a good advertisement and 

 help him to dispose of a number of cockerels that he did not 

 want to carry over. Three or four of the best are all he 

 would want to carry over for breeders. The rest should be 

 sold at a fair price, making sure when he sells them that he 

 gives double value for money received, and every bird sold 

 would mean a satisfied customer. A satisfied customer is the 

 best advertisement a Poultry Farm can have and helps to dis- 

 pose of the stock the next year. 



As for selling pullets, I would not advise selling many of 

 them in the fall. They should be kept for the egg trade in 

 the spring. The eggs he sells will help buy grain for the stock 

 he has raised for the second year which should not be less than 

 200 in number. The spring and summer of the second year 

 would mean lots of hard work as he would still have to hold 

 his job and at the same time give his chickens good care. This 

 would mean that he would have to care for the chickens' wants 

 early in the morning and late at night. If he were married and 



