MAKING A START 
Before purchasing any stock the begin- 
ner should fully decide the branch of 
poultry culture to be followed, and then 
buy stock suitable for that purpose; bear- 
ing in mind that a strain of any breed 
bred exclusively for the show-room will 
not, as a rule, prove very satisfactory for 
utility purposes. 
But if breeding show stock is the 
branch to be followed, then the breeder 
whose stock takes the most blue ribbons 
in the big shows, year after year, is the 
best man from whom to buy your breed- 
ing stock. 
It is always well to state to the breeder 
from whom stock is being bought, the pur- 
pose for which the stock is intended. If 
he is a good business man, and a good 
breeder, he will not sell you stock that is 
not suitable for your purpose. 
Breeding stock to start a flock with, 
should never be bought from any breeder 
until the buyer is sure his (the breeder’s) 
reputation is all right, both as a breeder 
and a man, for there is too much at 
stake to be careless in this matter. In 
starting in the poultry business the 
difference between good stock and bad 
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