WHAT VARIETY TO CHOOSE 



"Poultry for profit" is the slogan. We are all looking more or 

 less for the "almighty dollar." Every week, almost every day, I 

 am appealed to for information as to which breed is the most profit- 

 able. I can and often do tell which breed I have found the most 

 profitable in the twenty years I have bred, but I cannot decide for 

 another person what his or her likes or dislikes may be, nor can I 

 tell what poultry will suit another's location or market. That, each 

 one must decide for himself or herself, and then get the best of that 

 breed to start with. 



A hint as to what to start with may help some of our readers. 

 First of all, study your market, decide whether it requires a brown 

 or a white egg, and choose accordingly ; secondly, decide what you 

 will do with the surplus chickens, although this may seem like 

 counting the chickens before they are hatched. Will you sell 

 them as broilers and fryers or use them as roasters or capons? 

 Thirdly, it is always a good plan to look ahead and choose a breed 

 with a prospective value and demand — one of the breeds that may 

 be rare in your neighborhood, or one of the newer breeds, such as 

 the Orpingtons, Campines, Faverolles or Anconas. Choose a breed 

 for which there is likely to be a large demand for eggs for hatch- 

 ing and for breeding stock. Or else take one of the best old breeds 

 that you know will make you money from the start. Whatever 

 breed you decide upon, get the best of that breed, and from a re- 

 liable breeder. 



Different Breeds 



A brief review of the different classes and breeds of domestic 

 fowls may be of use to beginners. There are a large number of 

 breeds in this country suitable to any branch of the business, with 

 all colors of plumage and size. Some especially adapted to the 

 farm, others to closer confinement, as on the city lots, and still 

 others — like the beautiful little bantams — adapted to lawns and 

 front yards. 



