364 POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



crack. A puncture with a needle in the large end will pre- 

 vent this. 



The poultryman should understand, however, that no 

 matter by what method they may be put down, preserved 

 eggs are not as good as fresh eggs, and they should not be 

 sold as such. Laws affecting the sale of cold storage eggs 

 as fresh should apply equally to preserved eggs. 



Selling Eggs for Hatching. Improvement in breeds of 

 poultry rests largely upon the work of breeders who sell 

 eggs for hatching. The facility with which eggs may be 

 shipped great distances and the comparatively small cost 

 of shipping make it possible to secure good stock from suc- 

 cessful breeders in any part of the country. The introduc- 

 tion of new and better blood is accomplished more often by 

 the purchase of a setting of eggs than in any other way. 

 At slight expense for express or parcel post it is possible 

 to secure the best blood from the next county or from 

 across the continent. This is one of the factors that make 

 for the rapid upbuilding of the poultry industry. It is, of 

 course, true that distance too often lends enchantment and 

 that the farmer or poultryman could often secure as good 

 blood from his next-door neighbor than from a distant 

 state. 



The facilities afforded by Uncle Sam and the express 

 companies for securing new blood has been taken advantage 

 of naturally by unscrupulous men who conduct a profitable 

 long-distance business with the help of printers' ink and 

 advertising. The very facilities for building up an in- 

 dustry are made the means for tearing it down. However, 

 the good over-balances the evil, and it is the few who suffer. 

 There is no remedy for the evil except that the purchaser 

 learn to use ordinary business judgment in making his pur- 

 chases and inquire into the reliability of the breeder before 

 he sends him money, sending money to no one that he knows 



