CHAPTER XII 



AUGUST 



~~P)EYOND the gratification of receiving 

 -*-^ public assurance that your birds are 

 "the real thing," a show-room indorsement 

 increases profits considerably. It changes the 

 value of thirteen eggs from the ordinary 

 market, 25 or 40 cents, to $2; occasionally 

 even $5. 



Every poultry man and woman should 

 thank the clubs and fanciers who have suc- 

 cessfully established shows all over the coun- 

 try. They arouse general interest in good 

 birds, which bring the very cream of profit 

 to the breeder industrious enough to study 

 the standard and develop, point by point, 

 until a near approach to perfection is reached. 



How is this to be accomplished? 



Of course there must be some thorough- 

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