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breed. He should consider carefully in advance whether this is 

 worth while, or whether it would be better to choose one not 

 requiring unusual care. In some cases it pays to give the extra 

 care ; in others it does not. In a combination of fancy and utility 

 poultry keeping with the same pure breed, it is also necessary 

 to consider whether the conditions and methods established with 

 reference to one object will also serve for the other. They may 

 or they may not ; and if they do not, it is usually better to develop 

 only the line that they suit. As a rule, economies of space or labor 

 which are profitable in market poultry growing have a detrimental 

 effect on type, while the special care and attention which may 

 profitably be given to high-class birds produced for exhibition or 

 stock purposes do not pay when applied to the production of 

 poultry and eggs for the table. 



