Book # 19 Faery Farming for Fun & Profit by Torak Skarbum
Part II

3. Ta clip or Pluck, dat is de question.

No doubt about it, youse gots ta remove da wings. Primus, ya can get two ta
a cage without da wings, and secundus ya can make almost enough gold by
selling da wings alone ta break even. What dat means for da more goblin
amoung youse is dat all da rest is pure profit.

So whats do we do, clip or pluck?. Clipping gives about a 3% mortality rate
and plucking about a 9% mortality rate. Most farmers look at dem numbers
and immediately choose clipping. I feels dat is a rash decision. Plucking
is lots faster (savin on employee wages) and da wings sell for three (yes
three) times what clipped wings sell for cuzin of dat juicy hunk of meat at
da root of da wing.

Also, all is not lost. Boil da meat off da bones of yer 9% loss, grind up
da bones, add a little rice or sawdust and ya got your instant faery gruel.
Ma livestock jus loves faery gruel, and it really helps em ta put on weight
fast.

4. Breeding

Now many a folks is afeard ta try faery farming cause in they been told dat
da only way dat dem faeries breed is while flyin in da air. Well sure as
Enikki likes treasure stealing, da little buggers breeds quite well in
cages. Ya got's ta member that da flying/breeding faeries can talk and
such, but when ya pluck der wings, and never let em learn ta talk... well
I'm here ta tell ya dat when ya put a male & female in a cage together, dey
got nothing better ta do den rut like felines!

Not only dat, but you can charge admittance ta da breeding barn!! Der is
some mighty weird folks out der dat will pay for anything... especially da
elves.

5. Business practices.

Well pretty much standard goblin stuff here. Ma pappy Halitorak, told me
when ah was jus knee high ta a gnome... says he "Son, cheats your
suppliers, and cheats your customers and you'll be a success". Dat dere
advice has always done good by me.

Ah thinks dat dis jus about covers da salient points. Ah'd be glad ta
answer any questions dat ya might have, just send a SASE with yer question
an lotsa gold ta Torak Skarbum, c/o Skarbum Faery Fresh Farms LTD.

The End

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