BREEDING AND BREEDS 8l 



comes only with the consciousness of a duty well 

 performed. 



UTILITY BREEDING 



Scientific breeding is deserving of study by every 

 one interested in the utility side as well as by those 

 attracted to the fancy side of poultry raising. No 

 farmer can afford to ignore the profit to be derived 

 from the proper handling of even a small flock. 

 Common hens are well enough in their way and by 

 scientific breeding might in time be developed into 

 heavy laying strains, but practical people are more 

 interested in what has already been accomplished 

 along such lines. They want stock that will pro- 

 duce the most eggs and meat at the minimum cost of 

 feed. Certain Leghorn strains will produce more 

 eggs than any other known breed, because for many 

 years they have been systematically bred for great 

 egg yield. Under certain conditions like will pro- 

 duce like. A pullet from a strain of great layers 

 should be a great layer; if bred to a male descended 

 from a strain of great layers, the females of this 

 progeny should be greater layers. 



Listen to this experience of a farmer who kept 

 common hens and who had read of the great egg 

 yield of certain strains of pure breds, but could not 

 afford to buy such stock because he needed every 

 dollar to pay off the mortgage on his home. With 

 a neighboring fancier he exchanged a day's haul- 

 ing for a sitting of White Leghorn eggs, from which 

 he succeeded in raising two pullets. Then he wished 

 to buy a male of this breed, but changed his mind 

 when he learned the price asked for the one he 

 selected was $25. 



