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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



58, while an outstanding characteristic peculiar to these 

 breeds, is purely a useless appendage. 



ESSENTIALS OF POULTRY BREEDING 

 Health and vigor. In the selection of fowls for breeding 

 the fact should be kept in mind that health and vigor in 



FEMALE HEADtS momra DIFFEEETfT TYPES OECOMB^. 



I JINGLE Z PEA. 3 ROSE 



4 ^mCLE. 5 SINGLE. 6 ROSE 



Figure 56. 



the parent stock are necessary for the production of strong 

 healthy chicks. Frail weak chicks are usually the result of 

 low vitality and vigor in one or both of the parents. The 

 death rate among such chicks is usually great and those 

 that do mature rarely if ever produce satisfactory results. 

 Chicks from strong vigorous parents will develop rapidly, 

 under proper management, into well finished cockerels and 

 pullets capable of producing desirable results. 



