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by paying some attention to the fancy end of it you 

 can, without doubt, sell enough surplus fowls and 

 eggs for hatching to pay all the running expenses of 

 the small plant, and still have a surplus besides. 

 Many backyarders are following this plan and doing 

 nicely. 



If the fancy side is to have any attention at all 

 you should pay a little better price for your founda- 

 tion stock, study the standard requirements of that 

 particular breed, and make your yearly selections 

 from the young stock according to points of the 

 American standard of perfection, and not use your 

 personal hobby on a certain point as "just the 

 thing." Good thoroughbred poultry is attractive, 

 be the breed what it may, and at the same time it 

 is more productive. Utility and fancy go hand in 

 hand, providing neither is overdone. If it were 

 not for our carefully selected standard varieties we 

 would not have attained the wonderful egg records 

 attained by the American hen today. 



If possible beginners should attend some good 

 poultry show, where the many different varieties 

 are on exhibition. There is nothing so educational 

 to the poultry raiser as these shows, and more 

 knowledge can be obtained on the various breeds 

 in this manner than by any other. 



