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tations became established and why so many failed to perpetuate 

 themselves. 



English Types in America. English importations have 

 been frequent all along since the middle of the nineteenth cen- 

 tury. The English developed a few breeds that were exceedingly 

 popular during the early days of modern American poultry keep- 

 ing. With the advent of purely American breeds, however, the 

 popularity of these breeds rapidly declined. The English breeds 

 of today most commonly kept here are of later origin and par- 

 take more of the nature of the American breeds. 



American Types. That the people of some nations seemed 

 intent upon producing breeds that excelled in egg production, 

 while others were equally zealous in their endeavors to produce 

 breeds that surpassed in the quality of their flesh, has already 

 been pointed out. Americans, however, were never content in 

 attempting to excel in but a single quality. It is a noteworthy 

 fact that all our American breeds are the result of attempts on 

 the part of one or more breeders to make a cross, or a series of 

 crosses, that would establish a new breed which excelled all those 

 that had preceded it for egg production, for quality of flesh, and 

 for quantity of flesh compared to offal. 



A study of the history of the recognized American breeds 

 will confirm these statements. Their names alone will establish 

 the fact that American endeavor has been extended wholly along 

 dual-purpose lines. 



