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case where 

 ferences are im- 

 By a super- 

 I mean a differ- 

 ing productive- 

 meut, or the 

 tionof the fowl 

 intended. Such 

 lerenee may be 

 tance to one 

 and of no i in- 

 to another. For 

 color of skin 

 as it is an index 

 tiou, and that 

 of color rather 

 ticular color 

 do with quality 

 t ii i s country 

 prefer ye How 

 and will 1> u y 

 readily, and 

 premium for 

 fore if one is 

 to sell for table 



superficial dif- 

 luaterial. 

 ticial difference 

 ence not affect- 

 ness ordevelop- 

 actual adapta- 

 for the purpose 

 asuperficialdif- 

 of great impor- 

 pou 1 tr ym an,. 

 portance at all 

 instance, t li e 

 except in so far 

 of good condi- 

 lies in quality 

 than in any par- 

 bas nothing to 

 of flesh yet in 

 people generally 

 skinned fowl.-, 

 them more 

 often will pay a 

 them. There- 

 growing fowls 

 purposes, this 



S. C fBrown Leghorns. 



superficial matter becomes for him an essential matter, meaning easier sales and better profits, 

 with no difference in cost of production. If he is growing fowls only for his own table, and has 

 no prejudice in the matter of color of skin, it will make no difference whether his stock 

 is yellow skinned or white skinned. Or, again, take the color of plumage: A white or buff 

 fowl is easier to dress in the pinfeather stage than others. If one is selling much poultry 

 this slight difference in time and cost of dressing may amount to a large item in the course of 

 a season, so large an item indeed, that he will prefer to keep only white or buff fowls; but if 

 one is dressing only for his own use, or dressing for sale in small amounts, this advantage 

 of color may not be of importance enough to call for consideration. 



With these two illustrations we will pass the subject of superficial differences. I think that 

 what has been said about them will enable the reader to see the point without further explana- 

 tion, in each case of this kind to which allusions will become necessary as we discuss the 

 relative merits of the varieties of fowls. 



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Returning to our main subject : In the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, 

 and Orpingtons, (of which there are some eight or ten varieties), we have a common type of 

 medium sized, active, hardy, vigorous fowl, a good egg producer, and a good table fowl; we 

 have now varieties representing quite all the colors, and combinations of colors, that have ever 

 been popular in anv breed of fowls. In other words, we have now fowls of this class to 

 suit every taste in color. 



Now on their economic merits and their general adaptability, this class and type of fowl, la 

 the comparatively short time since its introduction, has far outstripped all others combined. 

 Not only so, but in each breed in this class, (with the exception of the Rhode Island Red, of 

 which there are but two varieties, differing only in comb), one or two varieties have gained a 

 long lead on all the others. This means that it is these varieties that are best adapted to the 

 needs of the greatest number of poultry keepers. 



Then in the choice of a breed the beginner who is wise will not look through the entire list, 

 and endeavor to select for himself on the descriptions he may find. He will rather consider 

 first the most popular varieties, assuming at the outset that it is best to take one of these unless 

 for some special reason another kind of fowl is to be preferred. 



