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breeds used for commercial squab production. The longer this 

 non-attention to standards keeps up the poorer in grade does 

 the offspring get. "Whose fault is it that tliis liappens? Surely 

 the birds cannot lie blamed for it. 



^^'e cannot hope to produce high grade specimens for exliibi- 

 tion by ignoring the standards in mating our birds. If you feel 

 that you can do so tiy it for a while and then enter your birds 

 in keen competition -with those belonging to the man who has 



A PEN OE AVPIITE KINGS 

 fi'om A\'il8on IMjX'un Farm, A\'ils(,)n, Kan. 



worked hard and ^^■ho has been guided by the standard. The 

 chances ai'c a great many times in liis favor. Me has \\'orked 

 for and has very probably seoued \\hat you have not worked 

 for and have not accomplished. He has bred his birils so that 

 they will meet the rcciuiremcnts of the standard and you have 

 not. The result is that lie reaps tlie reward and you very 

 probably, being disappointed, blame your stock and at the same 



