UTILITY AND FANCY POULTRY 51 



results." Many overlook this oft repeated advice. 

 They do not grasp its full meaning or its importance. 

 Some beginners who are about to embark in the 

 utility branch of the business think this advice is 

 given by breeders of good stock as an incentive to 

 the inexperienced to buy their fancy stock. This is 

 far from the truth. 



The breeding and improving of thoroughbred 

 stock cattle, hogs, horses, sheep, or other domes- 

 ticated animals has improved the marketable 

 quality; it has also materially increased the value 

 of the stock upon the farm. Pure bred cows pro- 

 duce more milk than the ordinary scrub cows, the 

 best beef comes from the well bred cattle, and the 

 highest grade pork comes from the so-called fancy 

 hogs. 



This is only natural when one takes into con- 

 sideration the fact that well bred stock is carefully 

 selected and mated. The finest and most vigorous 

 are selected for breeding purposes and such stock is 

 generally kept under better and more sanitary 

 conditions. 



What is true in this respect in other live stock 

 is also true in poultry. The best individual and 

 pen egg records made at experimental stations were 

 made by thoroughbred poultry of some of the 

 standard breeds. The most attractive, uniform 

 eggs sold upon the market or supplied to private 

 trade are laid by pure bred hens, and the plumpest 



