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carefully so as to get out every bit of the soap that is in the 

 feathers. To be very sure of this rinse in the third tub of 

 water. In the fourth and last tub put a l.'itle bluing. 



Now if you have followed this system of washing and have 

 gotten all the soap from the feathers ard just bluing enoug-h 

 in the water, you will find that when your birds are dried that 

 you have done a good job and no one will consider washing a 

 bird in this way faking. 



FINIS. 



I have now gone over the whole field of the breeding of 

 fancy poultry from the shell to the showroom and have tried 

 to tell, in a way that will be easy for even the amateur to un- 

 derstand, how I have used these secrets in making Foxhurst 

 Farm Black Orpingtons the undisputed Champions of the 

 world. 



The reader may think that I have had nothing but good luck 

 and plenty of money back of me to make my road to success 

 an easy one, but in this, he is mistaken ; for I have had to take 

 each step, as any other amateur, and I don't believe any poul- 

 tryman in the business to-day ever worked harder than I to 

 reach the goal of the true fancier: The Blue Ribbon and the 

 Championship of the World for Foxhurst Farm. 



In conclusion, let it be known, that in disclosing my system, 

 I do not withdraw from the ranks of the fancier and exhibi- 

 tor, for I believe this system will not stand defeat. 



