The newly-hatched chicken trade, therefore, entails no work of a laborious nature, and is associated with no duties that the willing hands and minds of women cannot perform. In recommending this industry to women, however, a word of caution is necessary. If the operation of one incubator can be made to pay, it does not follow that half-a-dozen machines in the initial stages of the business will result in six times the amount of income. A business connection has first to be made, and it would be extremely unwise to have several hundreds of newly-hatched chickens on hand and no market in readiness for them.

The best way to secure that market is to advertise in the poultry papers, and to what extent this is done depends, of course, upon the resources at one's command, but these papers usually have a special tariff for this class of business. a small prepaid advertisement costing from sixpence upwards.

One or two machines should be secured to start with, and as the sales increase the hatching plant may be increased accordingly. Incubators, like the natural sitter, need understanding, and one or two machines are quite sufficient to operate until the working of an incubator is thoroughly understood.

Poultry Farming will be fully dealt with in Every Woman's Encyclopedia.