. The Farm-poultry. is just as true thatfew persons are fitted by experience, judg-ment, knowledge of stock and inventivefaculty to carry on any kind of live stockbreeding. If anything the breeder, who prac-tices inbreeding has the easier task, because itis so much easier for him to know all abouthis stock. The breeder who is always afternew blood nevermore than half knows whatf i_tors he is dealing vsith in hu matings. The poultryman just starting in the businessdigs more pitfalls for himself when he startshis stock on the new blood once a year orevery other year basis than all the advocateso
. The Farm-poultry. is just as true thatfew persons are fitted by experience, judg-ment, knowledge of stock and inventivefaculty to carry on any kind of live stockbreeding. If anything the breeder, who prac-tices inbreeding has the easier task, because itis so much easier for him to know all abouthis stock. The breeder who is always afternew blood nevermore than half knows whatf i_tors he is dealing vsith in hu matings. The poultryman just starting in the businessdigs more pitfalls for himself when he startshis stock on the new blood once a year orevery other year basis than all the advocatesof inbreeding could dig for hinrif they madethat their exclusive business for a week. Asto the evils of inbreeding among men : Hereagain we have a few cases not too wellauthenticated cited against it with nothingsaid of the numerous cases of close intermar-riage without bad results. Let us not jump atconclusions or reason only from consideredstatements. Try inbreeding, try it intelli-gently, and give it a fair GOOSE PASTURE. HORACE D. MINER, WESTERLY, R Several families of mongrel goslings, as sliown in cuts on opposite page, are seen dispersed about this pasfrom selected Wild ganders mated with extra fine African geese, attain lo to IS lbs. weight dressed, aud sellthe foreground is seen a box protecting nest where tlie goose made it. In the Leghorn Country.—
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