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Whether the breeder can guarantee eggs or not 

 is a disputed question. About the only things 

 which the seller should guarantee are that the eggs 

 are true to name and laid by the fowls which the 

 purchaser has seen advertised. The eggs should 

 be the same as the breeder would set to increase 

 his own flock. They should be carefully packed 

 and handed to the express company in first-class 

 order. Breeders often agree to replace eggs which' 

 have failed to hatch either at a reduced price or at 

 no cost. The principal facts to be taken into con- 

 sideration so as to arrive at a fair judgment of any 

 case, are the results secured from similar eggs at 

 home and the reports of customers in general. If 

 these are not satisfactory, the breeder should do 

 his best to satisfy his customers. Indeed, it would 

 be to his own interest to do this, but he should 

 strive to find out why the hatches are poor and 

 rectify the defects, if possible. If he cannot make 

 things right he should, for his own best interest, 

 as well as that of his customers, decline to 

 fill orders for stated reasons. This question 

 will be discussed in the chapter on breed- 

 ing. When hatches run from seven to ten 

 chicks to a setting, the breeder may be considered 

 to have done well by his customers and he should 

 be under no further obligation, because so much 

 depends upon factors beyond his control. 



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When a breeder has sufficient stock to warrant 

 his advertising, his advertisements should begin to 

 appear preferably during January and certainly not 

 later than February. This is not to fill, but to list 

 orders, because high-priced eggs should not be 



