. Poultry for the farm and home. f^t The American Standard of Perfection recognizes 121 dif-ferent breeds. Not counting the Bantams, they range in sizefrom 3 pounds to 12 pounds. The breeds are clsissed under three groups: Egg— Purpose—American. Meat— egg-laying contestswere started a few years ago itwas thought by some folksthat they would forever settlethe question of the one bestbreed. The one thing thatthese contests have made clearis that there is no best contests have, how-ever, been invaluable in help-ing to point out certain breedcharacteris
. Poultry for the farm and home. f^t The American Standard of Perfection recognizes 121 dif-ferent breeds. Not counting the Bantams, they range in sizefrom 3 pounds to 12 pounds. The breeds are clsissed under three groups: Egg— Purpose—American. Meat— egg-laying contestswere started a few years ago itwas thought by some folksthat they would forever settlethe question of the one bestbreed. The one thing thatthese contests have made clearis that there is no best contests have, how-ever, been invaluable in help-ing to point out certain breedcharacteristics, amount of feedrequired by different breeds,cost of feeding, seasons ofgreatest production, your farm conditions and your market and select thebreed that you like best. Be sure to get stock from an egg-layingstrain of the breed vou select. This White Leghorn hen, pro-duced at the Oregon ExperimentStation, laid 303 eggs in one other hens at the same sta-tion each produced 290 eggs. EGG BREEDS Repres
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