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beside — will reach the end of their string, so to speak. 

 When we get along to August and September, nearly a 

 year later, our biddies will go back on us; they will be 

 feeling the effects of the moult. And in October and No- 

 vember we are exceedingly likely to be face to face with 

 the proposition of putting them on half rations, to stand 

 off the landlord, and either to quit eating our own meals 

 or else to stand off the butcher, the baker and candlestick 

 maker. 



We may have taken the best end of it in our estimates 

 — quite likely we really have stored up a surplus ; but 

 we are being cautious about the thing and not counting 

 on the best possible results. So we must prepare for 

 this season of shortage. We do it by repeating what we 

 did last March. We take on another lot of baby chicks, 

 part of them perhaps in January, the balance in March. 

 For this we need another $850.00, and we should have it 

 in sight before we get started. 



This gives us then a grand total of about $3,000. And 

 this is the sum the writer would tell you you should 

 have in sight if you want to go into the business on the 

 basis outlined. You do not need it all at once; the last 

 $850 will not be needed until about a year after the 

 start is made, and you may not need all of it at that, but 

 you should know where it can be had if you do need it. 



And now we come to the parting of the ways : Are you 

 content to make just your living expenses and rent, or do 

 you want to forge ahead? 



If you are content to make your living and stop at that 

 your best plan would be to sell off the first-raised pullets 

 at the end of their first laying season, probably in Sep- 



