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noted  for  egg  production  or  fancy  broilers.  The  market  is  good 
for  both  kinds  of  birds.  Don’t  have  dual-purpose  fowls.  Have 
specialists ; then  the  breeding  and  feeding  problems  are  more 
easily  solved. 
For  egg  production,  select  breeds  from  the  Mediterranean 
class,  and  for  broilers  choose  an  American  or  Asiatic  variety. 
An  American  or  Asiatic  fowl  may  lay  as  many  eggs  as  the 
lighter  breeds  but  when  results  are  totaled  the  economy  of 
production  is  usually  in  favor  of  the  smaller  hen,  because  her 
cost  of  maintenance  is  less. 
To  have  a flock  of  good  laying  hens,  special  attention  must 
be  given  to  their  selection.  If  possible,  get  pullets  from  breed- 
ers who  are  reliable  and  are  known  to  have  good  birds. 
Ordinary  fowls  may  do  until  the  flock  can  be  replaced  by 
others  from  a breeding  flock  which  has  been  selected  with 
special  care. 
The  inexperienced  poultryman  will  find  that  breeders  recog- 
nize that  a laying  hen  has  a particular  type  and  form  closely 
correlated  with  egg  production.  A laying  hen  is  not  fat.  She 
has  a red  comb,  a clear  eye  and  a hearty  appetite.  In  form  she 
has  a long  body,  wide  in  the  breast  for  a large  craw,  flat  and 
wide  in  the  back  and  is  not  heavy  in  the  region  of  the  fluff. 
The  male  bird  for  the  breeding  flock  should  not  be  anything 
but  the  best.  A knowledge  of  the  laws  of  breeding  will  help 
the  beginner  to  understand  why  gooff  prices  are  asked  and 
received  for  superior  stock. 
After  the  buildings  are  built  and  the  fowls  put  in  the  yard, 
real  work  begins.  Care  must  be  given  to  the  feeding  so  that  the 
hens  will  not  get  overly  fat  and  cease  laying. 
Vermin  and  disease  must  be  kept  off  the  fowls.  Water, 
grit  and  shell  forming  materials  are  needed.  Records  should 
be  kept  so  that  the  poor-laying  hens  can  be  removed  from 
the  flock.  Trap  nests  are  valuable  for  such  work.  Many  who 
were  at  the  recent  poultry  show  remember  the  model  presented 
by  the  College  of  Hawaii. 
The  recent  exhibition  was  a decided  help.  There  breed- 
ers brought  together  the  result  of  their  best  efforts,  which 
were,  indeed,  highly  commendable.  The  fowls  exhibited  showed 
high  quality  and  gave  evidence  that  some  masters  in  the  art 
of  breeding  and  conditioning  stock  had  been  at  work.  Their 
work  fully  demonstrated  the  fact  that  they  were  close  students 
of  superior  fowls  and  the  Standard  of  Perfection,  which,  by  the 
way,  should  be  in  the  hands  of  every  breeder. 
Poultry  culture  is  a vocation  which  gives  ample  opportunity 
for  the  deepest  study,  unlimited  play  for  the  best  talents  and 
abundant  room  for  the  most  skilful  practise.  The  poultry- 
man  of  today,  who  is  equipped  with  a natural  inclination  for 
the  calling,  interested  in  the  industry,  trained  in  all  the  care 
