236 Farm Poultry 



hardiness of the chicks. Heavy breeds are usually 

 crossed on the smaller, quick -maturing ones. 

 These crosses have suitable size and they mature 

 early. 



Broiler - rearing and egg production go well 

 together. Experienced broiler raisers who have 

 a good knowledge of the business are able to 

 produce eggs that will give better and more even 

 lots of chickens than those that are purchased 

 from farmers who, perhaps, keep fowls of many 

 different breeds. The ultimate success will de- 

 pend largely on the fertility of the eggs and on 

 the kind of fowls that produced them. 



