COLD CLIMATE BREEDS 



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requirements demanded brown shelled eggs, he must forget about 

 Leghorns and turn to one of the Anierican breeds or English 

 breeds. New York, for instance, is very partial to white eggs — 

 they command premium prices over brown eggs ; whereas Boston 

 favors brown eggs, as do other New England cities. 



We now come to the fellow who has few if any convictions as 



Fig. 9. — ^White-Laced Red Cornish Fowls. 



to breeds or purposes. He will be influenced by his circumstances, 

 of course, the amount of available capital, the amount of labor he 

 intends putting into the project, and the locality in which he 

 hopes to make a start. This prospective poultryman is pretty 

 much in the same class with the fellow who is possessed of a loca- 

 tion, and must make his specialty suit that property. 



In extremely cold climates where the winters are long and 



