TESTING THE. STOCK. 101 



Testing the Stock. 



It is always safest to breed one's first pure bred stock as mated up by the breeder from 

 whom it is purchased. The beginner should remember, however, that failure to get results 

 that suit him may be due to his inexperience to mismanagement of the stock. Even if his 

 experience with inferior stock has been such that he is sure of his ability to grow good chicks, 

 failure to get such from his new thoroughbred stock the first season should not lead him to 

 discard it. In such cases I would advise buying a few more birds from another breeder, and 

 breeding them separately, but continuing to breed the first stock bought, for it not infrequently 

 happens that stock that did poorly the first season in a new place, does uncommonly well the 

 next, and it is therefore pocr policy to turn it off without a further trial. 



