16 Hubbard's poultry secrets. 



each class. That would give you five chances to get a blue 

 and three chances in every class for getting the ribbons, for 

 there are five classes in all breeds; cocks, hens, cockerels, pul- 

 lets, and pens. Whatever your winning may be at any of the 

 large shows, it will give you something to talk about and any 

 breeder that can win will have no trouble in selling what stock 

 and eggs he can spare from a One Man Plant. 



I have now explained what I consider the safest way for 

 the man with money and the working man to take up the 

 breeding of Fancy Poultry, and make a success of it. You 

 would be surprised to see how quickly you can work up a bus- 

 iness of from four to six thousand dollars a year by following 

 the methods given in this book. 



SITTING HENS. 



There is nothing in the chicken business that tries a man's 

 patience more than sitting hens, but he must have patience and 

 use good judgment in the handling of them. As each hen has 

 a different disposition, it is very necessary that each one be 

 carefully handled. I have seen and read a great many meth- 

 ods of caring for sitting hens, but the one I will now describe 

 has given me better results than any I have ever tried. 



The sitting room should be well ventilated but free from 

 draughts. It should be so arranged that it can be kept a little 

 (lark in the day time, and it should also be the quietest place 

 on the farm. The room I use to set my hens in is over the 

 conditioning room, but when I have sitting hens in there, I 

 never allow anyone in it but myself. That is the only place 

 on the farm that is kept shut off. All my chickens are hatched 

 by hens as I have never yet found an incubator that could 

 hatch chickens equal to the hen. Raising chickens with an in- 

 cubator and brooder is like raising potatoes in the shade. They 



