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Show Purebred Poultry i Pays On The Farm Purebred poultry on tho farm pays I In both satisfaction and profits. Taking It as a whole, standard bred farm flocks are giving better results than aro mongrel flocks, because be-cause they are receiving better caro, Tho original cost Is greater. It seems to bo human nature not to gle much caro to stock that costs little or nothing. When n farmer Is proud of his flock of poultry ono may be sure that It Is receiving good caro. This Is In Itself reason enough 'why the standard bred flocks glvo better results, re-sults, but It is not the only reason. Slnco tho numerous laying contests con-tests of recent years have turned Interest In-terest toward egg production, many breeders of standard poultry are devoting de-voting their attention to Increasing egg production of flocks by careful selection of mating. Whllo It Is entirely possible to get good production with mongrel flocks there Is jnobably not a poultiymnn who Is rnrrylog on breeding operations opera-tions with mongrels for Increased egg production, Although n considerable proportion propor-tion of the standard bred poultry haa not been carefully selected from the. standpoint of egg production, the number of constructive breeders In productive lines Is constantly Increasing. Increas-ing. These breeders offor to tho farmer farm-er his only opportunity for Improving Improv-ing his flock In respect to production. produc-tion. -, Itecont experiments seem to Indicate Indi-cate that a pullet Inherits high pro- Iductlve qualities from her sire. This means that the way to Incrcaso the productivity of a flock is to obtain standard males from reliable breeders breed-ers who aro selecting for high production. pro-duction. It must bo understood that breeding breed-ing for high production Is comparatively compara-tively new and has not been brought to so high a Btate of perfection ns breeding for high milk nroductlon wfth dairy cows. Not every cockerel which its reliable breeder sends out can bo guaranteed to sire nothing. but high producers. The fnrmcr can get more money for poultry from a uniform flock when sold to a first class commission commis-sion man than he can for a miscellaneous miscel-laneous mixture. It Is possible to build up a fairly uniform and attractive at-tractive flock by buying purobred males each year and mating them with the descendants of a mongrel flock. A farmer will do better, how-ovor, how-ovor, by purchasing a few standard bred females along with a good ; cockerel of a high lajlng strain, and j Ultra build up a standard bred flock, than by trying to grado up a mongrel j flock. j It should be understood that ono i cannot havo satisfactory production j without great physical vigor. Tho j pullets must bo active and vigorous, j A dozen standard bred pullets pur- I chased at $1 to $1.50 each w.111 form a nucleus for a largo purebred flock J which will more than ropay tho Inl- j tlal cost, If they are 'from vigorous I stock. W. A. LIpplncott, In Utah Farmer. I |