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weights. There is nothing more essential 

 in breeding and feeding Uve-stock for sale 

 for breeding purposes than the practice of 

 selling only the best. The majority of buyers 

 of stock pigs are persons who are not good 

 judges, and who rely upon the breeder to 

 make them a good selection, and if they 

 are well treated they usually buy again. 

 Thus a business is built up on a founda- 

 tion of straightforward dealing which never 

 fails. 



Although specialist breeders of poultry 

 do not belong to the ranks of the Small Holding 

 class, it is probable that they are equally 

 numerous, and that a very large proportion 

 realise excellent profits from the production 

 of pure-bred birds. The cost of exhibiting 

 poultry is practically limited to the payment 

 of an entrance fee and the railway carriage 

 to and from the exhibition. For this reason 

 there are large numbers of persons who make 

 a practice of exhibiting the best of their 

 birds, which so frequently form a lucrative 

 hobby among those who are better off than 

 the small holder. Poultry-keeping is usually 

 associated with farming in a small way, 

 although the majority of poultry -keepers 

 prefer egg production to the production of 



