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The ambition to produce as many eggs as possible at I lie least expense 

 is also worthy. There are flocks of ;">(> that are now producing- more 

 eggs <laily than other flocks of 200. r J he man who can breed and main- 

 tain a flock of 12 hens that will pay a good profit (assuming that all 

 the food was purchased ) is warranted in practicing with oil the next 

 year. 



Some who make a profit on flocks of loon or more save enough by 

 buying their feed by the carload at a favorable time to account for much 

 of their profits. Thai requires capital. If they bought their food as 

 the small breeder buys his. some of them would make little or no profit. 

 But for every paying flock of 1000 I believe that flocks one half, or less, 

 as large that are paying a larger net sum could be found. 



There is perhaps no business that can be studied mi closely and at so 

 little expense prior to the time of actually embarking in it. AYith 

 poultry a person can begin with a small capital and pay for his experience 

 from his other source of income. He should not, and need not attempt 

 to get a large profit, or indeed any profit from his experimental flock. 



Thousands of people rush headlong into this business, invest all the 

 money that they can get hold of in fancy stock and all kinds of appliances 

 and learn a Utile when it is too late. '1 hey all tail in their aims, and 

 have no opportunity to learn much about hens. 



The beginning should be small, always. Growth should be gradual 

 and depend upon accurate knowledge of what can reasonably be expect- 

 ed. As a general proposition Ihc less a man knows about his hens and 

 the results obtained from them the smaller will be the amount that he 

 will acknowledge to be the cosl of maintenance. A man could devote 

 his whole life in the attempt to find out how many hens there are in the 

 country, their average yield and cosl . and he would get no reliable 

 totals. The people who own I he hen.'- could not give information that 

 they do nol possess and. unfortunately, Ihose who know are not always 

 worthy of credit. 



The census taker asks the farmer how many hens he has and the aver- 

 age farmer gives a guessed-at number or purposely underestimates 

 through fear of increased taxation, — even when told that his hens will 

 not be taxed. 



There can be no douht that there is money in the poultry business 

 and that the general and specific instruction given in the best poultry 

 papers and books contains the general principle* thai contribute to 

 success. 



The business presents great opportunities to those who have a ca- 

 pacity for hard and long continued effort, and are willing to begin small 

 and study faithfully, and postpone the necessity for profits until sufficient 

 knowledge and skill are obtained to make profits reasonably certain. 



There is, apparently, a great and ever increasing' demand for good 

 stock. It requires considerable experience and knowledge to be able 



