Common and Pure-bred Stock Compared 1G5 



account. That is, the machine is an economical one 

 and strong enough to do much work. The farmer 

 who invests in pure-bred stock and gives it the 

 same treatment that has maintained for years an 

 indifferent lot of fowls finds the improved stock 

 satisfactory at first, but succeeding generations 

 become more and more unsatisfactory until they 

 reach the level of the common stock, which was the 

 highest standard that his care and feeding could 

 maintain. Such breeders stoutly maintain that it 

 does not pay to breed pure-bred stock. 



Improved breeds are the best, and should be 

 selected whenever it is possible to give them proper 

 food and care. While they may not prove greatly 

 superior under adverse conditions, yet they respond 

 so much more quickly to improved conditions that 

 those who are able to care properly for their fowls 

 will derive much greater profit from the best than 

 from the ordinary. Improved breeds are most 

 remunerative when an abundance of suitable food 

 is provided, and the fowls are given care conducive 

 to the particular purpose for which they are kept. 



IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON FOWLS 



If it is desired to improve the fowls of the farm 

 without the outlay of any considerable time or 

 money except that which is to be given in providing 

 better food and environment, perhaps the most 



