Show IN THE rOOT FOOTSTEPS OF DEN BEN every owner ot of a fair sized poultry flock should either belong to a co operative faa or be in the ilie story etory or bun ben webster den ben Is ia a hustling likeable young chap who purchased a rundown farm arm stocked it with chickens and is now attempting to make it pay by establishing a direct to the user egg business of 0 course he will make a go of it for I 1 the he story uns runs true to the old horatio alger r work and win formula nevertheless it if ben were a real flesh and blood egg farmer I 1 am quite quilt sure lie would get there just the same I 1 have observed a number ot of actual parallels to the popular ben webster story none ot of them fuch buch trials as bcd has had to overcome but without exception they lound found the egg route a profitable venture and why not it if you on take your eggs in one lot to one ol of the egg buyers or to some retail dealer you know that they are going to be resold at a profit of 0 several cents a dozen over what you received for them you can not only have that profit for or your own but can actually demand a freml premium m ot f from three to ive five cents a dozen over current store prices as a rule it Is being done by many egg farmers in various parts of the country and there Is no reason why the plan will not work anywhere you can otter offer your customers at least three advantages over the ordinary tarm farm run of 0 eggs such as they usually get at grocery stores first you can guarantee that your ggs eggs are arc infertile as no roosters are kept with your laying flock hence your eggs will keep fresh much long er second you can assure them that eggs are gathered twice a day sd so they are arc sure to be perfectly fresh the third advantage is that you can keep your hens penned up tip so that there Is no doubt about when eggs were laid eggs collected from haylofts or here and there about a f tarm a r may have been laid recently or they may not should any patron object to 0 o paying your p price rice provided of course that it is not out of reason you may safely offer to lot let them try store eggs tor for a while As a rule your willingness to have them make this comparison will overcome their objections right then and there eggs produced under the conditions outlined above are bound to bo be better ban those purchased from stores before starting a business of 0 this kind be sure you have sufficient liens to make sure of having a year round supply of eggs tor for your year round custo meers not to have a constant shrilly at all times limes tor for your regular trade will hurt your business very much in addition to the egg business with its very acceptable extra profit feature there hero are a aw also dressed fowls lo 10 0 o be reckoned with they too will bring you a much higher price it sold over your route than it if marketed in the usual manner here again the assurance of a fresh product makes your offering more acceptable than that of the ordinary retail r you will kill and dress fowls just before ou on start out to deliver them so they are sure to be in prime condition when delivered you have a very good medium for disposing of your extra cockerels cockerell cocker els and cull female stock and you do so at a profit considerably in excess of what you would mould realize by any other means just how much the increase will be depends on a number it f conditions I 1 should consider it a estimate however to say that a splices are at present ir essed birds sold in this way should ring aring you twenty five live to thirty five vents rents more ditore each than if sold in any other way it Is therefore quite easy to sue see that even though the egg route dots doas entail more work than simply taking the weeks collection to some rs re tall dealer the extra profit is more than likely to be worth the effort necessary to get it it would be au an unusual community where plenty of customers S could not 10 found the chances are that a little investigation will ro leal ea I 1 plenty of potential customers who will ill be glad to have you serve them you may not be able to dis dia pose of your entire output on oil your route tit at first but by consistently offering a better service than others and a superior product you will gradually build up tip a thriving bust ness of satisfactory proportions PT |