THE LAW OF PROGRESS 
the body is carried with a beautiful poise; 
her wings must be large, strong and well 
muscled; strong enough, in fact, as to 
breeds in the Mediterranean class, so that 
she can take the air with ease for con- 
siderable flight in case of danger; her 
neck should be rather long and slim; she 
should have a dense coat of fine, silky 
feathers that lie down close to the body; 
her comb should be a bright red and 
rather large for her breed, and her eyes 
should be large, bright and keen. Such 
a bird is what I call an egg type, and if 
her ancestors, for several generations 
back, have been bred to such a standard 
and the best layers amongst them have 
been selected for breeding purposes, and 
the males have been chosen from the 
‘broods of the best layers and there has 
been no inbreeding, a good-laying strain 
of birds will have been established. 
So we see that it is not very difficult 
to breed a laying strain and type of fowls 
if that is all our standard of perfection 
calls for; but if we undertake to breed to 
a standard that calls for a minimum 
yearly egg production that is above the 
200 mark, a plumage with given mark- 
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