THE "FANCY" 



bred poultry is to secure their stock from two or 

 three different sources and their eggs from still 

 another, thus mixing and crossing the blood of 

 different strains, regardless of the loss of the 

 breeding lines upon which these different strains 

 have been developed. 



The beginner, in starting, should consider 

 quality rather than quantity. It is often cheaper 

 to buy five birds or five settings of eggs for fifty 

 dollars than to buy twenty-five for the same 

 amount of money. Anyone can breed quantity, 

 but it is the work of years to produce quality. It 

 is cheaper to start with quality and pay the price 

 than to start with quantity and spend years of time 

 breeding for quality. As it takes a breeder several 

 years to breed a flock up to quality that is recog- 

 nized, the beginner can afford to pay him for his 

 years of experience and skill. 



Instead of having to sell his eggs at twenty-five 

 cents a dozen and his fowls at from twenty-five to 

 The Profits seventy-five cents apiece, the fancier 

 in the Fancy can get from one to five dollars per 

 setting for his eggs and from one to five dollars 

 each for nearly half of his birds, while a few excep- 

 tional specimens may bring several times this 

 amount each. 



At the same time there is not such a radical dif- 

 ference in the profits from the market and fancy 

 sides of the business as one would imagine on first 



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