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points. Extremes meet and form a perfect 

 whole simply explains the line to follow. 

 Further to exemplify: A hen with legs too 

 short and a comb too large should have for a 

 mate a bird whose legs are a little too long, comb 

 a little too small, rather than a perfect specimen 

 who would have no tendency in these directions 

 to counterbalance the hen's weaknesses. 



Again, you should have a fairly good lot 

 of hens to select from. Commence by pick- 

 ing out the very best ; study her closely; find 

 the fault or faults, and select four or five 

 others from the same pen with similar short- 

 comings, so that in considering the cockerel 

 to be yarded with them there will be a 

 general benefit. Naturally, if you can afford 

 to start with a trio of prize winners, much 

 time and labor will be saved. 



If you have been breeding from nearly 

 perfect birds this summer, your preference 

 of youngsters will be easily made; and as 

 one can never be quite sure of development, 

 single out nine or ten of the most promis- 



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