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The advantages of 



Advantages of such an association. 



such an association are as follows: 



1. Aside from the establishment of an association that will be. 

 interested in poultry, the fact that -it is centering all its efforts on one 

 breed or variety of fowls will add considerably to the interest of all 

 concerned. Under such an arrangement all members will be inter- 

 ested in the same variety of fowls and thus the interest will be mutual. 



2. The methods of handUng and breeding the accepted breed 

 will be common knowledge so far as the association is concerned and 

 each member's experience, when related, will be a help to the other 

 members. Such an association, devoting all its efforts to one breed 



Figure 299. — A poultry club float in an agricultural parade. 



of poultry, may be able to establish for itseU a center that will become 

 known as a source of supply for quantities of fowls and eggs for market, 

 eggs for hatching, breeding stock, and day-old chicks. 



3. When one breed is generally adopted by a community, the 

 chances of cross-breeding are reduced to a minimum. 



Selecting the community breed. The selection of the 



community breed and variety should be left entirely with 



the association as the result of a vote of the members. In 



a given class of fowls more depends on the way they are 



treated and managed than on the breed and variety itself. 



