75 



€:f^iHli0n. 



To obtain a correct estimate of the real value of 

 your poultry, you must exhibit them from time 

 to time, at good shows, where the leading breeders 

 compete, and by prizes (if you get any), and com- 

 parison, determine their true merit. 



Comparisons may be odious, but they are quite 

 indispensable ; in no other way can this know- 

 ledge be obtained. No one, who has not tried it, 

 can imagine how poor may be the appearance of 

 a home prodigy, when brought side by side with 

 the produce of other yards. Alas ! what we fondly 

 thought a " swan," dwindles down to a very com- 

 monplace, under-sized " goose," by the fiat of the 

 judge, while we, unwillingly, admit its justice. 



The spirit of emulation, implanted for wise 

 purposes in our nature, is afibrded, in these ex- 

 hibitions, a field for action, and public advantage 

 is the result. 



