known any breed which seemed to possess so much of interest 

 for its breeders, whether they were, or were not, finished fanciers. 



But, there is much more to the question of true type in 

 Indian Runners than has yet appeared in our survey. More and 

 more, as the years pass, are fanciers falling into line on the 

 declaration that no breed can survive long and prosper, even as 

 a fancy fowl, unless it is first a capital utility or farm fowl. This 

 may be called, I think, a foundation tenet of The Fancy at the 

 present time. Few advertisers permit themselves to put forth 

 any claims to trade without supporting them strongly with testi- 

 mony and assertion as to the superior utility value of their 

 breed, and especially of their particular strain of that breed. 



It goes without saying, almost, that the Indian Runner, being 

 a champion layer and a prolific breeder, will soon cease to be of 

 much use to The Fancy, through sheer over-production, unless 

 the farmers awake very widely to its value. The Indian Runner 

 must become — and that very soon — the fanner's duck. 



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