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After many years of success in the breeding, feeding and 

 conditioning of Fancy Poultry for the showroom, and in an- 

 swer to the steady flow of letters from all parts of the world, 

 seeking advice and information on questions arising in the ex- 

 perience of every poultryman ; I deem it my duty to the poul- 

 try fraternity to place this system (disclosing all of the secrets 

 which have been instrumental in placing the Black Orpingtons 

 of Foxhurst Farm in the undisputed leadership of their class 

 throughout the world) at your disposal. 



I want to impress upon the mind of every reader that thor- 

 oughness and persistency are essential to your success, and 

 that any system is worthless without good nursing and close 

 attention to detail. 



I adopted this system twelve years ago, and since then birds 

 reared under it have never experienced defeat, and it is my 

 belief that it will place the amateur on an equal footing with 

 the professional, in the rearing of fancy poultry for the show- 

 room, as I am giving the student of this system secrets that 

 have never before been seen in print. 



In this book, you will find a few illustrations of the many 

 Blue Ribbon Winners which this system has produced and 

 which have mad^ the Foxhurst Farm strain famous. 



Charles Henry Hubbard, 



Lime Rock, Conn. 



