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so-called (1) meat hrccds, i'2) the ,ueiieral j)ur])()se or dual 

 purpose breeds, and ('■'•} tlie ei^u,' breeds. These breed groups 

 conform very closely to the Asiatic, American and English, 

 and ^Mediterranean classes rei)ectively. ]5r<>adly si)eaking the 

 latter classification is incorrect. Aside from the more or less 

 isolated sections where sjiecial market conditions prevail, as 

 in the South Shore soft roaster disti'iet i>f the extreme East, 

 there are no cliickcus that are bred ])riTnarily for meat ])ro- 



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duction. Idle trend of produi-tiou lollowin^ the economic 

 demand is towanl eggs. The so-called meat breeds that lay 

 comi)aTati\ely few eggs, are surely and rather rapidly passing 

 off the platform of economic imixirtanee. (iood egg produc- 

 tion (or its absence) has in the last analysis been the control- 

 ling factor in the ]ierman<'nce or dwiiidliiig of the popularity 

 in which the \'arious brccils ha\(.' been held. Meat is Ijccom- 

 ing more and more a b\-i)roduct of egg-iiroduction. It is 



