Hamilton, Missouri 
This is the fourth year that we have ordered May-Way 
chicks, We think they are the best we’ve ever raised. From the 
200 or 300 each year we only lost 2 or 3 and they come into 
production so much earlier than chicks we get here. We liked 
the Leg-Hamps so well. 
Mr, and Mrs. Roy McKee 
Lineville, Iowa 
I seldom write this type of letter but I do feel that the extra 
quality of your baby chicks deserves praise from all who 
benefit by ordering them. I have certainly been more than 
pleased with the chicks I have ordered from you-and I can 
truthfully say they look better and develope better than any 
I have had in the past from other hatcheries. 
Mrs. Bedford Ross 
Beatrice, Nebraska 
I am writing to you as I want you to know I am a well 
pleased customer, I bought some chickens from you this 
Spring at your Beatrice Store. I got 100 New Hampshire 
pullets and 300 straight run of the best grade. They are now 
6 months old and in laying production. These are the nicest 
chickens we have ever raised. They were all very healthy 
and we raised all of them except a very few. We had chickens 
that weighed over 2 Ibs. at 7 weeks of age. 
John J. Aden 
Chula, Missouri 
I ordered 300 Best Grade Austra White pullets last year. I 
received 304 chicks, only four roosters. We put 295 in the 
laying house in September. They started laying before they 
were four months old. At four months and a half we were 
getting around fifty eggs a day. They are the largest and 
best chicks we have ever raised, 
Mrs. Roy Brown 
Van Wert, Iowa 
My May-Way chicks are doing fine. I bought them in May 
and the biggest part of the pullets are laying. Only fault I see 
is they lay so many double eggs, I get to eat 2 eggs for one. 
My pullets are White Rock, and they are very large birds. 
Mrs, D. V. Cox 
Lenox, Iowa 
I got 300 straight run chicks last year and 100 cockerels. 
May-Way chicks of course. Grow ... I never raised chicks 
that grew so fast. I was unable to get my chicks until late 
but that wasn’t a drawback. The pullets started to lay around 
Christmas and the extreme cold weather never cut their pro- 
duction one bit. They are laying 80% now and the tempera- 
ture is below zero. I am very well pleased and enclosed find 
my order for this year’s chicks. 
Mrs. Jess Haggerty 
Red Oak, Iowa 
Last year my Mother ordered 200 Austra White chicks. They 
all lived and today are laying more eggs than any we have 
ever had. I have 30 of these pullets on my place. They have 
been laying 35 to 40 eggs a day, very large eggs, too, and 
that is what I like, I want these same chicks this year so 
please send me price list or catalog. : 
Mrs. Howard D, Keim 
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LOOK AT 
THIS CHART/ 
Poultry Population Goes Down As 
Human Population Goes Up. This Means 
GOOD FARM OPERATORS 
CAN CASH IN...IN 1955! 
Low egg prices will scare a lot of farmers out of poultry raising. If only one tenth of cur- 
rent chick-raisers do not have chickens next year, it will bring about the largest decrease 
in poultry population since World War Il! 
And that should establish the highest egg prices in history! 
The Chicks You Start Now Will Not Be Laying Until Fall 
Most efficient farm operators realize that the time to stay in production is when others 
are getting out. A dwindling poultry population, in the face of increasing human popula- 
tion (and food consumption) cannot help boosting egg and poultry prices next fall... 
the very time this Spring’s baby chicks are reaching peak production! 
You have your housing and brooding equipment. Put them to work this Spring .. . fill 
them with Baby Chicks . . . U.S. Approved, U.S. Pullorum-Passed MAY-WAY Baby © 
Chicks! 
May-Way Chicks are Guaranteed by the Earl May Seed Co. 
The Earl May Seed Company is supplying chicks to its second generation of satisfied customers. They 
stand behind the chicks they sell, just as they are responsible for your satisfaction when you buy seeds or 
nursery stock. Thousands of midwestern poultry raisers turn to May-Way automatically when they think 
of quality in fine baby chicks. A reputation like that is not built overnight. 
BABY CHICK GUARANTEE 
100% LIVE DELIVERY! 30 DAY PROTECTION! 
95% SEX GUARANTEE 
We guarantee 100% live delivery of strong chicks, true to breed and name, on all matings and grades, 
On May-Way Best Grade Chicks, we will replace once at one-half the original purchase price, all Chicks 7 
over 5% that die from natural causes during the first thirty (30) days. All claims must be made ‘in 
writing within forty (40) days after receipt of chicks. 
Sexed chicks are guaranteed 95% accurate as to sex, If you receive over 5% cockerels in Light Breeds 
we will refund the difference in price of cockerels and pullets on all cockerels over 5%. On Heavy 
Breeds we will refund the difference between the price of pullets and unsexed chicks on all 
over 5%. No sex guarantee on cockerels. All claims must be made within 60 days after receipt of chicks. 
In no case are we responsible for more than the original price of the chicks. 
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