BROILERS AND ROASTERS. 



farmers to keep stock of the kind the growers want, and to 

 make every effort to have eggs in abundance and of good 

 fertility at the time the growers want them. The success 

 of those from whom he buys eggs in getting good fertility 

 is an important fac- 

 tor in the success of 

 the grower each sea- 

 son, and the utter 

 inadequacv of the 

 supply of eggs for 

 those who want to 

 grow soft roasters 

 keeps a good many 

 out of the business. 

 A great many peo- 

 ple going into the 

 production of broil- 

 ers buy eggs wher- 

 ever they can get 

 them. Though 

 sometimes very sat- 

 isfactory hatches are 

 obtained from such eggs, the general results under such 

 conditions are so far from satisfactory that it is well for 

 one contemplating broiler growing to make sure of a suffi- 

 cient supply of eggs before he goes very far with his plans. 

 If he keeps fowls himself he should know what he could 

 reasonably expect to get from his own stock. In nearly 

 every community there are a few people with a reputa- 

 tion for getting eggs at all seasons. These are the people 

 to look up and contract with for the eggs one must buy. 

 When either of the specialties we are discussing is run as a 



5. C. Rhode Island Red Hen. 



By Courtesy of F. D. Kead. 



