Show ULI ky POULTRY specialist SAYS NO BEST BREED which Is the boat best breed Is a question often asked us lit in answer wo we have to say that there Is no best breed you can find fina rood good mia ami por poor laye layers rs large and small birds comparatively in every breed it I la Is s tile the strain more than the breed that Is really tile the more important thing to consider there are three recognized general classes of poultry tile the small birds or so called egg producing class tile tho medium sized bird or the so po called dual purpose class and tile extremely large or the meat class there la Is no great distinction between the egg class or the dual so as tile the egg production Is concerned for ninny many of the media medium lilt meat breeds are arc good egg layers and in the small sized birds which aro are considered for eg egg laying only there tire oftentimes found individuals divi duals that will weigh from fave to five and one half pounds pound and these would mako make a fairly good meat bird in regard to the breed you would like to have it Is 18 suggested that you decide upon NOi whether ether you want es eggs 9 primarily or whet whether lier you want general purpose breeds when 11 ayou yo 1 I 1 11 have ave made tills this decision pick out the breed which you like best because tills this Is the breed with which you will get tile the best results then after you have picked the breed that you like best buy your stock or eggs from a breeder whom you know lias hils bred for the vieng that you desire tills this may be egg production or it may be show purposes or it may be a combination you scan can find many breeders bleeders bre eders who have bred for egg production but their stock trany may not bo be worth very much for allow purposes you can find breeders bleeders bre eders who have bred for show purposes and their s tock stock in turn may not be worth very much for egg production du C alon you can find asdall a small P per er cent of brenders breeders bre bee eders who have combined these two qualities and ot of course their stock would naturally be worth more because of this combination just as a parting palling caution be sure you know the breeder from whom you are buying your stock and be sure that lie he has the strain of birds which have the qualities chich you desire 11 II Enible embleton tou poultry specialist colorado agricultural college |