Show la POULTRY specialist SAYS NO BEST BREED which Is the best breed Is n question often asked us in answer we have to say that there Is no best breed you can find good and poor layers large and small birds campara com para dively in every breed bred e it Is the strain imore than the breed that to Is really the more important thing to consider there are three recognized general classes of poultry the small birds or so bo called ess egg producing class the medium sized bird or the so colled called dual purpose class and the extremely large or the meat clasy there Is no great distinction between tho egg class or the dual so for far as the egg production Is concerned for many of the medium meat breeds tire are good egg layers and in the small sized birds which tire are considered for egg laying only there are oftentimes found individuals divi duals that will gift weigh from live five to ive and one half pounds and these would make it fairly good meat bird in regard to the breed you would like to have it Is suggested that you decide upon you want eggs primarily or you want general purpose breeds when you have bave made this decision pick ait the breed you like best because this la Is the ahe breed with which watch you will get the best beat results then after you have picked the breed that you like best buy buy your stock or ggs eggs from a breeder whom you know has bred for the thing ng that you desire this may be egg production or it may be show purposes or it may be a combination you can find many breeders bleeders bre eders who have bred for egg production but their heir stock may not be worth very much for show purposes you can find baders brooders bro oders who have bred for show pur P OBOS and their stock in turn may not be worth very much for egg production you can finda find a small per cent of bleeders breeders bre eders who have combined these chest two qualities and of course their stock would naturally be worth more because of this combination just as a parting caution be sure you know the breeder from whom you are buying your stock and be sure that behas he has the strain of birds which 4 hove the qualities which you desire H embleton Rm bleton poultry specialist colo rado ASTI agricultural cultural college |