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hens from such a hatching will form sufficient foundation 

 stock for a pure-bred flock. When the flock has been es- 

 tablished, it can be improved further by selection, particular 

 attention being paid to vigor and constitution. 



Grading is another method of improving a breed. It is 

 similar to the method for grading a herd of cattle described 

 in Chapter XX. For this method a pure-bred cock of the 



Belle of Jersey, a little White Leghorn hen which laid during her 

 pullet year 246 eggs and which consumed 40 times her own body 

 weight to do this remarkable performance. (N. J. Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station.) 



desired type and breed is necessary. Grading has the ad- 

 vantage of making use of the original stock of fowls on the 

 farm, but it takes a longer time to secure a pure-bred flock 

 of the desired breed. 



What to feed. The importance of proper attention to 

 feeding poultry is indicated in the following statement made 

 by the Agricultural Experiment Station of Purdue University 

 (Indiana): "Records from commercial and farm flocks have 

 shown profits that are being made, and when the methods 



