ADVANTAGES OF PURE BREEDS OVER MONGRELS 99 
Cost of Keep no Greater.—It costs no more to keep a given num- 
ber of pure-bred birds than it does to keep the same number of 
mongrels. The requirements for maintenance are the same in 
each case. The requirements for production vary in different 
individuals, according to their amount of production, and vary in 
one class the same as in another. 
More Efficiency from Feeding—There is more efficiency from 
the feed consumed when pure-breds are kept, for a breeder will 
naturally select a type which is adapted to his purpose; as eggs 
or meat. These pure-bred types have been developed and selected 
with a purpose in view. The nature of that particular type is to 
bend all its energy toward the product for which it is best suited. 
For example, greater efficiency is developed from feeding Leg- 
horns when eggs are desired than there would be from feeding 
Cochins or mongrels. On the other hand, there would be greater 
economy in feeding Brahmas when meat is the object than there 
would be in feeding Leghorns or mongrels. 
Demand for Breeding Purposes——A poultryman who makes a 
specialty of one or more pure breeds and develops considerable 
ability to produce good birds of that breed finds an increasing 
demand for his stock and eggs for breeding purposes. The price 
received for them under such conditions is always considerably 
higher than for market purposes. Even when he makes a specialty 
of breeding for some commercial product, as market eggs or meat, 
he can always dispose of surplus cockerels, yearling hens, and a 
large number of eggs during the breeding season, at a greatly 
increased price. Any breeder who does not consider these oppor- 
tunities and take advantage of them is not getting everything out 
of the business that is in it. 
A Greater Selling Value.——Pure-bred poultry will always be 
found to have a greater selling value, whether it be for meat, 
eggs, or breeding purposes. The same care devoted to a standard- 
bred flock that is devoted.to a mixed flock would result in a 
better quality of meat, in eggs more nearly uniform and a greater 
number of them, or in birds which have a relatively higher value 
as breeding stock. 
The standard-bred flock has come to the American farm to 
stay. It has been shown by many experiments in all parts of the 
country that for no purpose do crossed or mongrel birds produce 
a better result or return a greater revenue. One of the first and 
best assurances of success is to start with standard-bred birds. 
