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4. Orpington cook with hens of any of above breeds. 



5. Langshan cock with hens of any of above breeds. 



6. Wyandotte cock with hens of any of the above breeds 

 excepting Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes. 



7. Scotch Grey cock with hens of any of above breeds. 



It is necessary to secure young vigorous birds to breed from, 

 and each season fresh males should be introduced, of a different 

 strain, so as to prevent in-breeding. 



About six hens should be mated to each cock bird, so as to 

 insure fertile eggs. 



FIG. 4.— PAIR OF SILVEE-LACBD WYANDOTTES. 



How TO Impbovb Okdinaet Baen-doob Fowls. 



Select the largest hens, and mate them with vigorous cock 

 birds of the following breeds : — Dorkings, Indian Game, Orping- 

 tons, Plymouth Eocks, Langshans, and Wyandottes. Fresh cock 

 birds of any of the above breeds should be introduced each season 

 so as to improve the size and prevent in-breeding. 



Bebeding-tards. 



To breed systematically for export it wiU be necessary in all 

 cases to have proper breeding-yards for the stock birds. These, 

 of course, will only be in use during the breeding season, which 



