PREFACE 
succeeding generations. It is patterned after 
the line-breeding system of the late I. K. 
Felch, veteran poultryman. 
The author desires to acknowledge the debt 
he owes various editors and publishers for per- 
mission to use illustrations which previously 
accompanied matter in their publications. To 
Mr. B. L. Johnson, Editor, Farm Mechanics; 
Walter P. McGuire, Managing Editor, Amer- 
ican Boy, and to the editors of The Country 
Gentleman, he makes grateful acknowledg- 
ment. 
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