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of broilers and roasters there is no good reason why it 

 should not be used. Stock that fills those requirements is, 

 as a rule, pretty well bred, though not pure in blood. It 

 certainly would be preferable to pure bred stock which did 

 not fulfill the requirements. There is a great deal of such 

 pure bred stock ; in fact, the greater number of specimens, 

 in the average flock of thoroughbred fowls • would be 

 unhesitatingly rejected by any grower alive to the impor- 

 tance of using breeding stock of the type he desired to 

 reproduce in his market poultry. But while it is said that 

 the breeder should, in his selection, be governed by the 

 characteristics of the 

 fowls rather than by 

 their alleged pedigree, 

 or want of definite 

 pedigree, it must also 

 be said that one is 

 much more likely to 

 find what he wants in 

 thoroughbreds of the 

 popular varieties, and 

 if he cannot find what 

 he wants, and has to 

 develop it, he will 

 attain his object much 

 more rapidly by using 

 thoroughbred stock. 



There is, of course, White Wyandotte Pullet. 



plenty of good stock excellently suited to the needs of the 

 market poultry grower in'the country, but the man who 

 wants it does not always succeed in getting it, while the 

 fanciers' lack of knowledge of just what is needed, or the 



