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and I cannot afford to buy stock that will not prove sat- 

 isfactor3^" 



Now, I am so situated that I am not at liberty to recom- 

 mend one man's stock in preference to another ; and, even 

 if I were at liberty to do so, I would be very reluctant to 

 express an opinion as to the best place to buy stock of any 

 particular kind, for I found out long ago that unless you 

 know what kind of stock a man wants, and know that he 

 too knows what he wants, advising him where to buy is too 



risky. If he is 

 not satisfied 

 with the deal, 

 he blames you 

 more than any 

 one else con- 

 nected with it. 

 I can do better 

 by the man who 

 wants to know 

 ^vhere to go to 

 buy, by telling 

 ^^ x^ him how to buy. 

 In the first 

 place, he must 

 know what he 

 wants. If he 

 doesn't know, 

 he must find out 

 before buying, and he must learn it so that he is sure of his 

 knowledge. 



To illustrate : suppose a man concludes that he wants 

 fowls for a certain purpose, and is told that White Plymouth 

 Rocks would suit him. If he was brought up on a farm, he 

 probably does not need to be told that all White Plymouth 

 Rocks are not alike ; for he has seen the production of 

 plants and animals of many kinds, and has noticed that in- 

 dividuals from the same seed or the same parents vary some- 

 times a great deal. The first step, then, is to learn what is 

 the correct type of White Plymouth Rocks. I think the 



Ideal White Wtandotte Pullet. 



