SELECTION OF THE BREED 6i 



As one gentleman from Boston pointed out, even 

 with the difference in price between the brown and 

 the white egg, he found that he could not really afford 

 to continue with the breeds laying the brown egg, 

 for the Leghorn, in numbers, more than made up for 

 the slight difference in price between the two colors, 

 in the Boston Market. And, as he still further 

 pointed out, it took less food to supply the Leghorn 

 than it did any of the larger breeds, and this, of 

 course, was another source of economy. 



It should be remembered that the " Strain " of any 

 breed is most important. One may purchase White 

 Leghorns where the inbreeding has been so great that 

 they are not capable of laying eggs in large numbers, 

 and the percentage of fertility from the hatching 

 standpoint in such birds will be a most uncertain 

 quantity. Such chicks as may be hatched will be far 

 from strong, and the mortality will run into figures , 

 which will dishearten anyone. 



Line Breeding — Not Inbreeding 



In the building up of a great strain of birds it is 

 necessary to " line breed," for, if the old theory of 

 introducing new blood to prevent inbreeding, and the 

 method of introducing the new blood, was, as is done 

 in so many places even to-day, by introducing males 

 from other sources, the entire system falls down. 

 Nothing is accomplished and time is worse than 

 wasted. The possibility of handing down the virtues 



