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breed that he has selected. But if he is 
hunting for utility, they must have an egg 
record back of their fine feathers and 
should be strong, vigorous, active, healthy 
birds. If he is looking for profit in egg 
production, the breed does not count for 
so much as the strain: for a poor-laying 
strain of the non-sitting, egg-producing 
breeds is greatly inferior to a good-laying 
strain of the larger breeds. Therefore, if 
he wants eggs, he must select his breeding 
stock from a good-laying strain of the 
breed he has chosen. If he is looking for 
birds that are capable of carrying off the 
blue ribbons in the best poultry shows and 
at the same time winning first, or even 
second, prizes in the national egg-laying 
contests, he will have to look far and 
wide, and a long time, before he finds 
them. I doubt if such birds can be found 
at the present time, but I believe the time 
is coming when such birds will be pro- 
duced. But I also believe that the ‘‘Stand- 
ard of Perfection’’ will have to be 
changed in the case of a good many of the 
breeds, before such breeds can be pro- 
duced. 
At the present time, if the beginner 
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