CHAPTER II 



CHOOSING THE BREED 



First consider your circumstances. 



I once had a large flock of White Leghorns in a 

 lovely New England town. I kept them under 

 cover the year round. 



My next neighbor, an old sea captain, had a 

 flock of Rhode Island Reds, which had the run of 

 a large yard, guarded by fish nets six feet high. 



He got along very well with his quiet red hens, 

 had a fair crop of eggs, and lived in peace. 



As he saw me carrying my pail of white eggs into 

 the house each day, he became restless. He ex- 

 amined the egg record of the Leghorns. He started 

 a record of his Reds. Then he asked the address 

 of the breeder who sold me the chicks ; and the 

 next thing we knew, he announced the arrival of a 

 hundred Leghorn chicks by express. 



The Captain put them in a brooder he had rigged 

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