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taurants and private families, it is good management to start with 

 such breeds as will be first class layers and first class table fowls, in 

 order to supply customers with fresh eggs and fowl flesh regularly. 



Wyandottes are eminently adapted for both purposes. There 

 is not a breed or family in the Standard that is more popular at 

 present. The fancier is sure of ready sale and fair prices, as there 

 is a large field to be supplied, and they are growing in public favor 

 as they are growing older. The Whites stand at the head for table 

 use, either as broilers or roasters, and the addition of a flock of 

 White Leghorns would complete a select stock for market. 



Good management is seen in the situation, site, make, plainness 

 and internal arrangements of the fowl houses and runs. It is seen 

 in whether one could utilize the runs for vegetables, fruit trees, vines 

 or berries every second year by using double runs, or annually by 

 single ones. It is seen in the internal arrangements of the fowl 

 houses, for divisions and sleeping places; each small flock of a dozen 

 forming a little colony by themselves. It is seen in the arrange- 

 ment of laying nests, baths, sitting places, and nurseries for early 

 broods. It is seen in the ability for making contracts for eggs and 

 fowls throughout the year, and in filling such contracts. It is seen 

 in the system of packing eggs when cheap and making sales when 

 dear. It is seen in the purchasing of grain, roots and vegetables 

 from farmers early in the fall when they are cheap, or, better yet, if 

 one could raise the different kinds of food for his stock without buy- 

 ing them. It is seen in taking advantage of the markets when prices 

 rule high, and in having broods mature for a succession of eggs, or 

 in a stage of development for sale early or late in the season, when 

 there is no glut of fowls or eggs in market; and, lastly, it is seen in 

 the system, regularity and punctuality of doing business. 



Now in the matter of thoroughbred culture, all the foregoing 

 qualities are essential in the fancier, and in the carrying out of his 

 business. In addition, he should have a good knowledge of the 

 characteristics of the breed he cultivates, and the most judicious 

 ways of breeding, feeding and raising prime, young stock for sale; 

 and the most judicious way of selling them to good advantage early 

 in the fall, so as to avoid building extra quarters and feeding a 

 large surplus stock through the winter and endangering their health. 

 Good management is seen in judicious advertising. Not that one 

 should advertise in every poultry publication, but in one or more 

 well established and first class journals, like the MONTHLV, which 

 has a large and bona fide circulation. The advertising should not 



