. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . 9—AN ENGLI^sH PORTABLE HOUSE ON THE MOVE chain of life, indicating to what extent the foundation stock and their progeny re-enter the pedigree, the closeness of inter- breeding, the outbreeding, the use of unknown, doubtful, or undesirable sires or dams, in fact, all the blood relationships of which the animal is the result " * * * "Thus, gradually, a type is developed, which, afte
. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . 9—AN ENGLI^sH PORTABLE HOUSE ON THE MOVE chain of life, indicating to what extent the foundation stock and their progeny re-enter the pedigree, the closeness of inter- breeding, the outbreeding, the use of unknown, doubtful, or undesirable sires or dams, in fact, all the blood relationships of which the animal is the result " * * * "Thus, gradually, a type is developed, which, after sev- eral generations, becomes fixed and certain of transmission to continued generations. What the family type shall be de" pends upon the environments and the standard fixed in the •mind of the breeder, who selects, at first, and continuously, those animals which come nearest to his ideal, or possess qual- ities which be wishes fixed in his stock. He breeds them to- gether in accordance with the laws of heredity and variation, continuing a process of selecting and discarding according to his fixed ideal or standard of excellency, and gets his ; That's just it—"gets his desire," and the poultry fancier's desire is to be at the top. By adopting this method of breed- ing he is facing in the right direction to get there. The egg farmers desire is that his hens shall lay 200 eggs a year. He adopts this method of breeding and they lay 200 eggs a year; 15
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