SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
much as those from his lowest producing 
hens; it is a well-established fact that the 
male birds from a high producing hen are 
much more potent in transmitting the egg- 
laying qualities than the dam herself. I 
don’t think that the wmeat-producing 
branch of the poultry business is as 
profitable as the egg-producing branch; 
at least, it never has been for me. Of 
course, a good many eggs are produced 
from the meat-producing branch of the 
business, and there is also a large amount 
of meat produced from the egg-producing 
branch of the business; one seems to 
about offset the other in this respect. 
One good thing about the egg-pro- 
ducing branch of the poultry business is 
that every day produces a profit and there 
is a daily income, which is a joy to all of 
the members of the family. In this way 
it is analogous to the dairy branch of the 
cattle business, and the dairy branch of 
that business is conceded to be the most 
profitable branch of the cattle business. 
If a man is a skillful fancier and a 
good business man, it is possible that he 
can make better profits breeding fancy 
poultry than he can out of the utility 
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