In the last few years there have appeared in the advertising columns of numerous publications, claims by a man selling a book in which he asserts he made $120.00 per hen, in twelve months, in a back-yard. Another individual blossomed forth with a statement of ten dollars and fifty odd cents profit per hen per year, but these statements did not excite widespread criticism. They were statements of men who were doing a back-yard business, with from ten to twenty hens, and were, therefore, simply looked upon as ridiculous and not entitled to serious consideration. $6.41 Not Extravagant Claim But The Corning Egg Farm “$6.41 per hen, per year” was not an extravagant claim, and the figures showing just exactly how it had been accomplished were plainly set forth. It was not done with twenty hens in a back-yard, but on a large, commercial scale, and an extensive business was in active operation. The methods were so entirely new, and the results so unprecedented, that poultry writers and lecturers hastily declared them fantastic, without the careful investigation to which they were entitled, and proceeded to wholesale condemnation of the figures, the methods, and everything else connected with the Farm. However, later, the majority of our critics have visited The Corning Egg Farm, and have seen what we have, what we are doing, and satisfied themselves thoroughly that every statement made was well within the facts. It will be noticed that the profit of $6.41 was figured with the cockerels selling at the live weight price of broilers, and when no hatching eggs were sold. Corning Farm Making More Than $6.41 At The Corning Egg Farm, to-day, the hen is making considerably more than $6.41 per year. A large number of cockerels, which formerly brought merely the live weight broiler price, are now being reared and disposed of for breeders. Hatching eggs are sold in large quantities, but, it must be remembered, before one can reach this point, his Strain of birds must be brought to a high point of perfection, he must establish his reputation, and his customers must find his claims are substantiated. As an illustration, purchasers of hatching eggs from The Corning Egg Farm, in the season of 1910, came back with orders for the season of 1911 increased by the multiple of ten, and these same customers are already booking large orders in September and October, 1911, for the hatching season of 1912. This chapter is written to emphasize our statement that anyone possessed of the ordinary qualifications to succeed with poultry, can, by following The Corning Egg Farm Method, surely build up a large and profitable business. [Illustration: THE WORK SHOP ON THE CORNING EGG FARM] CHAPTER XXVI The Buildings on the Corning Egg Farm The Buildings on the The Corning Egg Farm, at the close of the year 1911, were as follows: No. 1--Brooder House, with Incubator and Sprouted Oats Cellars underneath.