i6 INTRODUCTORY 



is being, done at The Corning Egg Farm is not ex- 

 perimental work. Successful results follow the 

 Method and System employed as surely as day 

 follows night. It is no longer necessary for the 

 novice to try out the various plans proposed to him 

 by the literary poultryman, whose methods are 

 worked out on a mahogany desk, with pen and ink, 

 or more often, perhaps, by dictation to a stenogra- 

 pher. 



Years of careful thought and study, and the ex- 

 penditure of much time and many thousands of 

 dollars in developing the Corning Method have 

 eliminated all necessity for experimental expenditure. 

 The building up of an Egg Farm is within the reach 

 of any man who will follow the Corning plan herein 

 described faithfully and persistently. 



The man or woman who determines to pursue some 

 branch of the poultry industry must first decide what 

 particular branch. 



Shall it be to raise poultry for market? 



If so, what? Squab Broilers? Soft Roasters? 

 Or Capons? 



Perhaps all of these. 



Some utility line is the best to start with. 



Fresh, sanitary eggs are a necessity and command 

 the highest price in the market, daily, for spot cash, 

 just as readily as stocks and bonds command a daily 

 cash value in any financial market. There can be 



