that you have selected. If you do not, and want to use a 

 young cockerel, see to it that it is an early hatched one, if 

 you are going to attempt any winter incubating, otherwise 

 it will make no difference. Select a vigorous bird of the tjrpe 

 which you wish to breed and one that will conform to your 

 requirements. I say to your requirements because many 

 times there will be male birds that to others might not seem 

 good enough but if you are a good breeder you can some- 

 times select better birds than if you went by any set of rules. 

 I recall one particularly beautiful male bird of a variety that 

 I was interested in that did not in my estimation come up to 

 the standard and yet was a handsome bird and called forth 

 exclamations of admiration from everyone who saw him. 

 Now I wouldn't have had him for a gift to head a pen of 

 breeders for me. I want to breed true to type and all that, 

 but I have my own ideas as to what constitutes a good bird. 

 The male bird should be selected after much care and delib- 

 eration. Select the type that has good lung capacity, that 

 does not stand up too straight and one that possesses vim, 

 vigor, and vitality. After you have made your selections of 

 the females and the male that will form your breeding pen, 

 you will want to decide upon a location for them in your 

 poultry house. If you use the old style continuous house, 

 give the breeding pen one of the best places in the house. 

 Possibly a place near the entrance would be most suitable. 

 If the door opens direct upon the birds, I would not advise 

 placing them in the first apartment but in the next one. 

 There might be a possibility of a draft upon them, especially 

 if you are going in and coming out frequently. Sometimes it 

 is advisable to use the first apartment for a place for feed, 

 etc. This will give you a convenient place for these necessary 

 things and it will not give the cold air a chance to blow in 

 on your birds. If you use the smaller houses, such as the 

 colony houses, select one or two that will be sheltered from 

 the wind as much as possible, and that will be convenient for 

 frequent attention. These birds should be housed in as good 

 a place as you have for them. They should receive the best 

 of attention, for from these birds you are to get the eggs for 

 hatching out your next season's chicks. You want to do all 

 in your power to make these birds happy and contented for 

 the unhappy birds never lay an egg and you want a goodly 

 supply of eggs from these selected breeders. Give them all 

 the various foods you can, not excepting green food. If you 

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