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in, or brought back to laying during the summer and 

 fall, except, perhaps, during the molt, and even dur- 

 ing this period some eggs may be expected. These 

 remarks apply more particularly to the Leghorn 

 and Minorca varieties which are pre-eminently the 

 laying breeds. The fleshier breeds, such as Plym- 

 outh Rock, Wyandotte and Rhode Island Red are 

 less likely to be profitable as layers the second 

 season unless they have been specially bred and 

 selected for laying. The Plymouth Rock especially 

 is apt to become too fat to lay virell after the 

 first year. On this account the general opinion 

 is held that fowls for ordinary egg production 

 should not be kept more than one year. Of course, 

 for breeding purposes, this should not be con- 

 sidered. 



BREEDERS FOR SALE 



Every raiser of poultry for whatever market pur- 

 pose should keep only pure-bred fowls. These should 

 always be selected and bred with great care, so as 

 to get the highest possible efficiency in each bird 

 and in the flock as a whole. The man who follows 

 this plan is sure to have a valuable strain of fowls 

 for sale, a strain that should command high prices, 

 whether sold as eggs for hatching, as day-old 

 chicks, or as full-grown birds for breeding pur- 

 poses. Whether it would be to his advantage to 

 strive for the points that breeders of fancy or 

 standard-bred fowls emphasize so much, is a matter 

 which he alone can decide. 



It may be taken, as a general rule, that to start 

 in poultry keeping with the object of making money 

 from fancy poultry is an unwise thing. There are 

 so many hundreds of people already in that busi- 



