. Egg and poultry raising at home. Poultry; Eggs. THE CHOICE OF A BREED. 21 get his exhibition points without them; but if he can get a combination of the two he is all the more pleased. We owe our best and most useful breeds to the fancier, and so we must not be too hard upon him. He has undoubtedly spoilt some breeds, but he has improved Fig. 10.—Plymouth Eock Hen. Breeding for laying is just as necessary as breeding for fancy points, and we must get birds of a strain that has been improved in this way. It is all done by selection. The careful breeder knows his best hensA and he pic
. Egg and poultry raising at home. Poultry; Eggs. THE CHOICE OF A BREED. 21 get his exhibition points without them; but if he can get a combination of the two he is all the more pleased. We owe our best and most useful breeds to the fancier, and so we must not be too hard upon him. He has undoubtedly spoilt some breeds, but he has improved Fig. 10.—Plymouth Eock Hen. Breeding for laying is just as necessary as breeding for fancy points, and we must get birds of a strain that has been improved in this way. It is all done by selection. The careful breeder knows his best hensA and he picks them out year by year for his breeding pen. He mates them with a male bird from an equally. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Elkington, W. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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