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this purpose that they are mostly used. They 
do lay eggs, however, and about 100 eggs per 
* r' • ’ ‘V * 
year is a good average. They, like the general 
purpose breed, lay a brown shelled egg, while 
the egg breeds lay a white shelled egg, which 
brings a higher price on every market in the 
country but the Boston market. The brown 
shelled egg brings the higher price on the 
Boston market. 
CHAPTER III. 
GETTING A START 
We have now discussed quite minutely the 
good and bad points of the three main classes 
of birds. Each class, and each breed has its 
merits and demerits. The one who wants to 
make a start in raising poultry should choose 
the breed that appeals to his likes the most, 
and the one that he can realize the most suc¬ 
cess with, under the conditions that he will 
have to raise them. There is no best breed, 
whether it is chickens, cows, or hogs. They 
all have their good points, and their weak ones. 
It is up to each individual to pick the breed 
chat appeals to him the most. 
