LAWS GOVERNING THE BREEDING 
single lacing and spangling are related. Then 
there are the laws of red, buff, black and white 
breeds, and certain little sub-laws to which all are 
subject when perfection is the goal. These minor 
laws which appertain to the breeding of standard 
fowls, while exceedingly important, are but little 
understood even by skilled breeders, so called, 
and this is one of the reasons why so few attain 
success with any breed of their choice. The cut- 
and-fit, haphazard, guess-at-it kind are all too 
prevalent. So also are the short cuts for quick 
results which are like the get-rich-quick schemes 
and generally as disastrous to their devotees. 
These and other methods, or more properly the 
lack of methods or plans, swell the percentage of 
culls in all breeds far beyond that of the meritor- 
ious sort. It is because of this that Iam endeavor- 
ing to set up these guide posts that the road which 
leads to success, so mysterious and strange to the 
beginner and even to many old breeders, may be 
clear to their sight that they may keep from stray- 
ing into paths, dark and gloomy, full of stumbling 
blocks and pit-falls. The right road is never rosy 
at the best.: 
I have written at length of stamina and line- 
breeding, ‘‘the major laws.’’ Obey them. Letthe 
fittest survive, yet always the fittest according to 
the minor law which governs the variety chosen. 
The minor law which governs shape or type in any 
breed can be easily understood and followed if 
plenty of common sense is used in its application. 
Don’t try to fit a round plug in a square hole. In 
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