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layers. They are especially desirable because of the 

 large size of the "broilers" and "friers." The best- 

 known representatives are Brahmas, Cochins, Langshans 

 and Faverolle, the latter a French breed. 



Fig. 154. Barred Plymouth Rocks. Favorites of the flock having 

 their pictures "took." 



317. The General-purpose Breeds, such as the Plym- 

 outh Rocks, Wyandottes and Dorkings, are usually 

 of fair size, furnish meat of good quality, and will pro- 

 duce a liberal quantity of eggs under favorable condi- 

 tions. It has never been found possible to completely 

 combine into a single animal the milk and butter-fat 

 qualities of the dairy types of cattle with the meat- 

 forming qualities of the beef breeds. The same body 

 cannot be made to do both kinds of work to the same 

 degree of perfection. So in poultry, we may blend, but 

 cannot combine the egg- and meat-producing qualities. 

 In selecting a breed, one should first decide what class 

 of chickens will give the greatest return under the 

 conditions, a special-purpose egg or meat breed, or a 



