BROILERS AND ROASTERS. 



be so carefully removed. So the grower after some experi- 

 ence in dressing is apt to give the preference to stock which 

 gives him no dark, pin-feathers. 



The stickler for the whole truth and for absolutely clean 

 picking may affirm 

 that all stubs ought to 

 be removed before the 

 chick is eaten. Some 

 even go so far as to 

 say they prefer the 

 dark pinfeathers, be- 

 cause then when a car- 

 cass looks clean they 

 know that all stubs 

 have been removed . 

 Such considerations 

 are not likely to ap- 

 peal to the grower' 

 who makes part of his 



living from broilers. whlte P i vm0 uth Rock Hen. 



To the consumer what looks clean is clean, and the grower 

 finds it to his interest to grow the kind of chicks that are 

 easiest to make look clean. 



14. Kind of Stock From Which to Hatch Chicks 

 for Broilers. — It is quite customary, even among poul- 

 trymen making a good deal of a specialty of broiler grow- 

 ing, to consider stock not especially fit for any other breed- 

 ing purpose good enough for the production of broilers. 

 That this is wrong must be clear to anyone who gives the 

 subject a moment's reflection. To get good broilers, 

 chicks that have the desired conformation and grow 



