999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



Miscellaneous. 



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QUESTION Are cross bred birds better in any way than the pure 

 bred ones? 



ANSWER No. 



QUESTION Are the Standard bred fowls as hardy and healthy 

 as the ordinary mongrels? 



ANSWER Yes, all things considered, they are more so. 



QUESTION What will it cost to feed a broiler till it reaches a 

 pound in weight? 



ANSWER About five cents. 



QUESTION If a hen has been forced for heavy laying all win- 

 ter will it affect her as a breeder in spring? 



ANSWER Yes. She will not lay quite as many eggs and there 

 will be a tendency toward a lower vitality in much of the off- 

 spring. 



QUESTION Is there any danger in breeding from a bird that 

 has had roup? 



ANSWER Genuine roup is similar to consumption in people, 

 and is considered hereditary. It is classed as a blood disease, and 

 even though a bird has seemingly been cured it is very liable to 

 prove a disappointment as a breeder, and the chances are that the 

 progeny will fall an easy prey to disease and be especially suscep- 

 tible to roup. It is not advisable to use such fowls in the breeding 

 pen. 



QUESTION When reference is made to the utility value of a 

 breed what is the idea conveyed? 



ANSWER By utility is usually meant that the fowl has been 

 developed along the line of greatest value from a market stand- 

 point, which is based upon the number of eggs it will lay and the 

 quality and quantity of meat it will produce. 



QUESTION What is '''fancy" fowls or exhibition stock? 



ANSWER The term " fancy" as applied to standard bred poul- 

 try means fowls that are bred with a view to developing the per- 

 fection of certain external characteristics embodied in various shapes 

 of the different sections and colors of the plumage. 



