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Show Tho Value of a Single lien. It requires much time nnd patience to breed a line up to anything upproach-Ing upproach-Ing perfection, but once uttnlned the reward re-ward Is well worth tho effort Single hens lull told In this country for as much as M1, while In llnglnnd J 1000 has been paid for a Hngle specimen The breeder docs not depend for his leturns altogether upejn fancy prices for his Individual In-dividual birds, however lie profits by the Increased productiveness of his flock? Tor Instnnce, In the matter of egg-laying It miy be ilted that the average ave-rage American lion Injs about one hundred hun-dred eggs per enr The pructlcal poul-tr-man Boes In for better results nnd gets them, Numerous lnstnncen show whole ffocks with on nvcinge of two hundred to the hen per jenr un Increase In-crease ot 100 per cent Leslie a Month-1. |