SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
fighters of their breed, which is a test of 
their ability to transmit vigor, strength 
and vitality to their progeny. 
If a bird does not possess these evi- 
dences of strength, he should be discarded 
from the breeding-pen. Don’t think, for 
a moment, that a bird that is beautiful of 
feather and comb, shape and carriage, 
unless he is also brave, aggressive and 
gallant, will make a good male to head 
your flock; for if he lacks the latter quali- 
ties, his offspring will lack the vigor and 
strength necessary to make success with 
poultry all that you would like to make it. 
You will surely invite failure if you don’t 
see to it that the male birds that head 
your breeding-pens have these latter qual- 
ities. A breeder could not make any 
greater mistake than to choose a beauti- 
ful, cowardly male to head a flock, for he 
would certainly transmit weakness to 
his offspring and when he met his 
rival his beauty and glory would fade 
into an ignominious retreat. The cow- 
ard and the under dog may have a place 
in our sympathy, but, so far as I can 
see, they have none in the plan of crea- 
tion unless it be for demonstrating and 
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