THE SOFT ROASTER INDUSTRY 



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One o£ the Collecting- Outfits of J. H. Curtis Returning 

 From a Trip to a Soft Roaster Plant. 



no hens at all, buying the eggs where the stock seems vigor- 

 ous, selecting everything produced before July first. 



In this business the main thing is to make the chickens live 

 and grow. These men are now very careful in selecting 

 their eggs. They have learned that the health and Vigor 

 of the parent stock is the greatest requisite to a good and 

 thrifty flock of chickens. Some are keeping their own 

 parent stock for this reason. 



The Varieties Used 



Are Light Brahmas, Barred and White Plymouth Rocks. 

 The latter are rather taking the place of the Light Brahmas. 

 Light Brahmas keep soft longer, thus enabling the raiser to 

 put them on the market as prime soft roasters at nine months 

 of age, a fact that will always assure them a place in this 



