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esgs lor the fancy New York market. The Little Coinpton 

 district of Rlio(le Island produces brown CKgs fur the New 



Fig. 2 



Live poultry going to llic marliet. These l.irds would bring more money 

 if they were all alike. An opportunity for community breedmg. (Courtesy 

 of United States Department of Agriculture.) 



England markets. In the well-known South Shore ilistriet 

 of jNIassacliusetts a specialty is made of the so-called "soft 

 roaster" for the city markets of the East, though the 



R( fii ' latoi car (Cunil. ^\ nf Umtrd ^t ilc - 1 1. 



at of A.J 



maiiirity of these Ijirds are grown on farms where ])ouItry 

 rai-^iiig is not the principal occupation. 



