CHAPTER IX 
RAISING FANCY POULTRY AS A PASTIME 
ROBABLY no hobby or pastime occupies the 
leisure moments of so many doctors, minis- 
ters and other professional men as the rais- 
ing of thoroughbred poultry. Hundreds of business 
men, too, and many women breed fancy stock be- 
cause they enjoy owning and working with a flock 
of aristocratic birds. A visit to any poultry show 
will lead one into the company of people from many 
different walks in life, but all finding a common in- 
terest in well-bred fowls. 
Breeding high-class stock does not necessarily 
mean, though, that it is to be exhibited. Many peo- 
ple are satisfied with the pleasure which comes from 
the owning of good birds. The number of ama- 
teurs entering a few birds in the big shows is con- 
stantly growing, however, and the judging is 
followed with keen interest by men of wealth and 
position, who are in the game only because they en- 
joy the good-natured rivalry and competition. The 
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