PREFACE 



I have set down for publication in this book, the dis- 

 astrous and profitable experiences covering the six 

 years from the time I first interested myself in 

 chickens, until in the sixth year I took a net profit of 

 $4,223.00 from my small poultry plant on a town lot. 

 That year my books showed sales of $9,515.00, with 

 expenses for advertising, feed bills, wages, and so on, 

 amounting to $5,292.00. The benefit of my experience 

 up to the time of revising the third edition, has also 

 been incorporated. 



I would have gladly paid $100.00 during the first 

 years of my experience, could such information have 

 come to me. It has been no small task to write and 

 revise this book, but I feel that it will be worth while. 



Fraternally yours, 



