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fifteen to twenty cents per pound and rises as the 

 demand and season advances. 



The fowls used for this purpose are Light Brah- 

 mas and Plymouth Rocks. The incubators are started 

 in August with Brahma eggs and the hatching con- 

 tinues until the following April. A few farmers keep 

 their own breeding stock, but most of the growers 

 purchase the eggs of farmers or villagers who keep 

 fowls for this purpose and contract the eggs at fifty 



FIG. q6 — COLONY HOUSE FOR SOUTH SHORE ROASTERS 



cents per dozen for the season. Brahmas have long 

 been the popular breed, but are being rapidly sup- 

 planted by Plymouth Rocks, especially the White vari- 

 ety. When pullets can be sold at thirty cents per 

 pound live weight there is a great tendency to seH the 

 larger birds. Added to this the fact that the smaller 

 pullets mature the quickest and lay the most eggs, 

 explains why the Brahmas have been allowed to dete- 



