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to 90 per cent cockerels. To raise nearly all pullets, use an old male 

 bird with 25 or 35 good pullets. You may not have the highest aver- 

 age fertility, but the chicks hatched will run largely to pullets. You 

 will get best results if these birds are allowed to have free range. 



SCRUBS VS. PURE BREEDS. 



(Prof. H. C. Pierce, Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



Selection of Breeding Stock. There are certain things that hold 

 good in any stock you select, whether pure breds, crossbreds or 

 grades. The two things that I wish you would not get away from 

 are (1) constitution, and (2) good health. I have raised a great 

 many prize birds and I attribute my success largely to the fact that 

 I never would let pretty feathers pull me away from a good strong 

 constitution. I mean by constitution a bird that has good form, 

 room for good lungs, good heart and good digestive organs, and they 

 must have good health. Selection of birds is very important. What 

 do you want a bird for? What is the object of breeding? Select the 

 bird that has the qualities you wish. 



What do we mean by breed and variety? Breed is a race of fowls, 

 members of which maintain distinct characteristics which they possess 

 in common. 



I am going to talk about two classes of poultry. (1) General 

 Breeds, and (2) Egg Breeds. 



Egg Breeds. 

 Leghorns. 

 Minorcas. 

 Spanish. 

 Anconas. 

 Hamburgs. 



Breed is a broader term than variety and includes variety. Ply- 

 mouth Rocks, for instance, have the breed name Plymouth Rocks. 

 There are several varieties of Plymouth Rocks, the White, Barred and 

 Buff. All of these Plymouth Rocks possess the same qualities in 

 common, same size, shape, style of comb, color of eye, color of skin, 

 but differ in plumage. Size and shape determine breed, the color 

 determines variety. All of the 

 General Purpose Breeds are similar 

 in make up and are the farmers' 

 favorite, and if you wish to get a 

 breed that will hatch and raise its 

 young, from its own eggs, you will 

 select one of these breeds. For egg 

 production you take one of the egg- 

 producing breeds above mentioned. 

 Egg breeds are not adapted to 

 General Purpose. Their business is 

 to lay eggs, and do not invest in 

 these birds expecting them to hatch 

 and raise their own young. A Leghorn hen's business is to lay, and 

 she is so busy laying eggs that she is not expected to keep house and 

 take care of the family. 



General Purpose Breeds. 

 Plymouth Rocks. 

 \Vv;indottes. 

 Rhode Island Reds. 

 Orpington. 



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Perhaps. 



The hen is the farmer's friend if he 

 will but be a friend to the hen. 



