$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.