Chapter IX 

 RAISING FANCY POULTRY AS A PASTIME 



PROBABLY no hobby or pastime occupies the 

 leisure moments of so many doctors, minis- 

 ters and other professional men as the rais- 

 ing of thoroughbred poultry. Hundreds of business 

 men, too, and many women breed fancy stock be- 

 cause they enjoy owning and working with a flock 

 of aristocratic birds. A visit to any poultry show 

 will lead one into the company of people from many 

 different walks in life, but all finding a common in- 

 terest in well-bred fowls. 



Breeding high-class stock does not necessarily 

 mean, though, that it is to be exhibited. Many peo- 

 ple are satisfied with the pleasure which comes from 

 the owning of good birds. The number of ama- 

 teurs entering a few birds in the big shows is con- 

 stantly growing, however, and the judging is 

 followed with keen interest by men of wealth and 

 position, who are in the game only because they en- 

 joy the good-natured rivalry and competition. The 



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