CHAPTER II 



Egg Farming the Most Profitable Branch of 

 Poultry Keeping 



The profits are surer and larger. The reason this 

 is not more widely known is because, in the past, few 

 people have been able to resist the temptation of at- 

 tempting to cover a number of the different branches 

 of poultry culture. They have tried to get into the 

 " fancy," and have dreamed of taking a blue ribbon at 

 Madison Square Garden, or at some other large Show. 

 Then the broiler branch has engrossed their attention, 

 and from that they have gone on to soft roasters, and 

 the other phases of the slaughter house side of poul- 

 try for market purposes, and they have endeavored to 

 cover all the different branches from which money is 

 made in poultry, while entirely overlooking the fact 

 that this is an age of specialization, and that the per- 

 son who would succeed in any business must make up 

 his mind to follow one branch of it, and bring that 

 branch up to the highest efficiency. 



Developing the Great Layer 



From the start the Builders of The Corning Egg 

 Farm, at Bound Brook, N. J., realized these condi- 



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