ACCESSORIES AND APPLIANCES 
will know what birds to select for his 
trap-nest pens. By having the ‘‘Stand- 
ard’’ to guide you, an improvement in the 
egg-laying qualities of your flock can be 
made without departing from the ‘‘Stand- 
ard’’ requirements, provided the ‘‘Stand- 
ard’’ calls for an egg-laying type of the 
breed you are breeding. Birds that pos- 
sess both the ‘‘Standard’’ requirements 
and good egg-laying qualities have double 
the value of birds possessing only one of 
the two qualities. Therefore, when breed- 
ing for eggs, don’t lose sight of the 
‘‘Standard’’ requirements. Therefore, 
also, when breeding for ‘‘Standard’’ re- 
quirements, don’t lose sight of the egg- 
laying qualities. If you will read care- 
fully what I have said in Chapter VI., on 
pages 171-174, on the egg-laying type, and 
breeding them, perhaps you will not expect 
too much from a year or two of effort. 
There should be plenty 
of feeding troughs and 
hoppers both for the 
grown hens and little chicks, so that there 
will be no crowding while eating. If the 
fowls are allowed to crowd and tromp one 
another while eating, they are very liable 
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and Hoppers 
