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Show Si llr 11 iiiKSAMONG HARDY BREEDS Great Danger In Breeding Barrod Plymouth Rocks It the Tendency to Overfatten. Tie Plymuth Rocks- especially tha n.rred variety, generally rank among fh, most hardy breeds. There Is but danger line In their keeping, and hat U 'ha tendency to overfatten. ne Plymouth Rocks are more susceptible sus-ceptible to this than any other American Amer-ican variety. Close Inbreeding Is one of the curses the hennery. The market poultry- '."' Plymouth Rock Cockerel. man, In order to have quick-growing and hardy stock, changes h!s male birds every year. The fancier can hardly do that, or he will lose the jood results of his mating. Yet the fancier. If he be a practical practi-cal man, can so lnbreed as not to be in danger. With all that, however, the less inbreeding done the better for the future generations. Mongrels are a production of a variety va-riety of bloods, and it is more difficult diffi-cult to Inbreed them to any sjrious extent.- They will not show It so quickly quick-ly as a thoroughbred, as the latter Is bred more in line. |