4 A POULTRY COMPENDIUM. 



forts to the accomplishment of one thing. It requires 

 courage to do it, but it is the shortest road to success. 

 There may be "no royal road to learning," but "do one 

 thing with all your might," is the royal road to success. 



Some breeds are better suited to one class, some to 

 another; hence the necessity of knowing something about 

 the different breeds. To engage in the poultry business 

 without such, knowledge would be about as wise as to go to 

 sea without chart or compass. You might, in either case, 

 arrive safely in port, and you might be dashed to pieces 

 upon some unknown reef. A classification of breeds 

 may be roughly made. This classification will not be 

 found to be exclusive, for the breeds, like the purposes 

 which the breeder may have, will overlap each other, but 

 for general purposes this classification will probably be 

 found sufficiently accurate. It is not designed to be ex- 

 haustive, and only a few representative breeds are enu- 

 merated. 



First Class. In this class belong those varieties of 

 fowls which grow rapidly, fatten easily, attain good weight, 

 and have, when such qualities can be united with the 

 others, yellow legs and a yellow skin. The Dorkings, 

 Plymouth Rocks, Cochins, Brahmas, Houdans, La Fleche, 

 Langshans and others will be found suitable for this class. 



Second Class. In this class eggs are considered every- 

 thing; chickens are viewed as accidents or incidents. The 

 hens which, so to speak, "lay an egg on every day, and 

 two on Sunday," and pursue this commendable course 

 for the greater part of the fifty-two weeks in each year, 

 are demanded. They are generally non-sitters, a trait of 

 great importance in this connection. Their keeper only 



