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Show I . CULTIVATE THEHEMf II K I I The chhllcngo was thrown out fn H I years ago when tho question was asked, "Is there a commercial poul- lifi H try plnnt ahywhero selling Its Pro- HI ducts in competition with tho com- -EDI I ,non farnl Products of tho-hen, and mM paying?" Answer never came. W I It Is well known to thoso In tho jjJ9 j utility poultry work that they must I ij W, hnvo something ntiovo the market to I -'j I mako ends meet. It Is ensy to find a LJ X 4 limited trade nbovo tho market there i J I j j being In all places men and women 'I K If wno wl" p!l' more for nn CBB wll'cu ill ft B they know to bo sound nnd sweet, H II J than for ono that Is uncertain. j' j I In splto of tho thousands of us who it are making tho hen an Important ' part of tho farm Incomf, it rejualns h S fact that only the surface haB been ! touched. When eggs aro coming they nre gathered onco In n'whtto and dumped on tho, market for what they will ' bring, and right often nt a low prlco. jjfB I ' The man raising eggs on a commer- ' Li jl lj ,J j clnl scale cannot sell his eggs at non- n'Mm P Rescript prices. Tho low priced egg plii it " s ,s st'" BolnB como fr0,n lno slip 111 II 8l,0il 'ann- JVhllphcro Is nothing I Ml 111 specially eMafarVgliig in selling ogijs Uf H for a smafiffijgt:lio point I am try- BJjij Ing to strfSMHEfsr Most of tho com- ElK j mon fafrn'ioKBWome largely from tho IH j wnst0- '"'' ' Ifjjj My experience; la that tuo main rea- H i son why soflnony of us arc poor, both mM j tenants ,tnd owners, Is that we ile- Hljj pend nnftlio main crop to buy n'l Bill that 1b "Sought. Tho use of 'jy .iro- ' Bi'l ducts will mnko money for tho nee- Hi" ' rssltlcs during tho yenr if wo plan, fIFt 1 correctly, tmd tho crop will bo "vol- 1 K f I i vet." :l1 j Cultivate tho hen. With n little I' care eggs will como all tho year, V lj round. Glvo hens to tho children nnd i allow thera to use tho incomo as their Wm 4 own, with mother's advlco, and you Ktl l wjllhave h hnppy, prospcrous''sct of lr!j i children who will not be trying to l j get to town. Eggs coming so much kl 1 j j from what would go to yasto'ljl be Jfl I profit even when sold'J'low.C-jj. ff. Hunt, In Farm nnd Fireside4. "" " |