80 POULTRY SECRETS REVEALED 



the last to quit at night. She never loafs time waiting for food; she 

 gets out and hustles for it. Don't he afraid of fat. The lean, scrawny 

 pullet never makes a layer. 



Breeders and Winners. In theory, the bird that "wins the blue" 

 should be the best for the breeding pen; but this does not always 

 follow. A first prize pen of Barred Rocks, for instance, would make 

 very sorry breeders. And in several other varieties the "show" male 

 is usually unsuited for breeding. Of course there are exceptions. The 

 Grand Championship Pens of Lester Tompkins, from which he sold 

 all the eggs he could spare, at $4 each, were also wonderful breeding 

 pens. 



One point should always be kept in mind. No unknown bird 

 should ever go into a breeding pen. This means that you should know 

 the strain from which the bird comes. And a "strain" is not "origi- 

 nated" by purchasing birds from other breeders, nor in a 3 by 6 coop. 



THE SECRET OF FERTILE EGGS. 



Nothing annoys a buyer more than to find a lot of infertile eggs 

 among those purchased. And surely nothing annoys a breeder more 

 than to find that eggs — possibly from his choicest pen — are running 

 infertile. 



How can this be remedied? 

 What is the secret of fertile eggs ? 

 I shall tell you. 



But before doing so it will be well to tell the beginner once again 

 the difference between an egg that is fertile and one that is not. 



What did you say? "If It rots it is infertile." Did you say that? 

 Yes? Well, you are wrong. 



