THE LAW OF PROGRESS 
localities, that to cross the different 
strains, and the different breeds as well, 
produces offspring that are more prolific 
than their progenitors. 
I think it would be better for the be- 
ginner, who intends to start the breeding 
of a flock of fowls for a given purpose, 
to start with at least two females, or, if 
he can spare the capital to buy them, as 
many females, not exceeding ten, as he 
intends to start separate and distinct fam- 
ilies. These females should be mated to 
a male that is of the same breed and 
strain and as distant akin from them as 
it is possible to get. With this kind of 
a start, all the distinct familiés desired 
can be started from the first mating and 
a great deal of time, trouble and expense 
saved. 
The beginner should purchase his first 
birds from a breeder that is well known 
to him, if it is possible to do so, and, if 
it is not possible to do so, then from a 
man who has the reputation of being a 
good breeder of a strain of birds that are 
well adapted for the purpose intended to 
be carried out by the beginner, and of the 
breed desired. The breeder, of whom 
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