Show PLENITUDE OF EGGS IS 13 AS ESSENTIAL n IN efficiency AS ARE SHAPELY BODIES ID 0 W t eo on 4 f t two aristocrats of show ring but also members of exceptionally good I 1 layers prepared by tile tho united states Ie depart part ment of 0 agriculture beauty and utility in fit happy combination as depleted by the most profitable farm fowls tire attributes which merit wider initiation imitation among poultry keepers symmetry of form forin ity of charac characteristics terl sties mid trueness truen esq of type rather than superficial skin deep beauty in niety are desired in producing profit ablo poultry together with tho abil ity to maintain it a liberal wid herbist ent tit production of eggs ilon hug husbandry handry tins has suffered because of faction nt frac fracases aset between spec specialized lal fili lefers nil ond the utility producers aio ho a pire chiefly for egg ae according to it 11 sp in list of tho united states de of agriculture fanciers I have bred borshow for show ring attributes with com disregard for egg making while alle utility breeder liue have rone gone otter egg low flow however I 1 just jost us its the holstein cow which wins wills tho the lileo ribbon tit nt the fair Is judged not only on oil her forni form conformation quality qun lity and type but ill iilo 01 on tho quality nod quantity of her milk yield go 80 sire nrc poultry being judged on their production tind tit in coir coira sPOIl dence with breeding charac tern birds of superior vigor end tire necessary ns these ora tile tho basis linsly of both successful ei yield unit pre premier niler exhibition attributes may go hand in hand utility tind lowring low slow ring poultry nien men often ore tit nt outs out over nothing there Is nothing in tile standard re requirements directly opposed to utility and vice versa ambition of nf certain breed breckl ers to intensity intensify and develop qualities in their fowls tins resulted however in it loss of constitutional vigor leor and consequently peg egg producing ability bleeders breeders Bre eders who handle foncy fowls whose standard requirements do de inand extreme superficial such eccli ns jig excessive of comb face or crest satisfy such con editions usually at tho the expense of utility qualities unfortunately the opinion prevails among ninny many breeders bleeders bre eders of utility poultry who never have attempted to breed for exhibition quality vint that because fowls satisfy the standard requirements they intent iii uit of necessity he be poor producers this Is tin an erroneous iden idea the ambition of the lending leading show men la Is not only to exhibit fowl of tile lost best breeding type but also birds which emphasize profitable eig egg production moo and more each year poultry flinders fanciers appreciate that tho the bardi which tire are to bo consistent winners possess not only shapely forin but also ablo and persistent egg cm laying nullity the tit number of record breaking fowl in fit any alovic ns a rulo rule Is 13 sin small till both from tin nn exhibition standpoint ns ni well weil as aa front from alint of production it Is 19 always more difficult dini cult to breed for it 11 high development tit of n combination of characters ackers than it Is to obtain of a single character any experienced perien ced breeder appreciates that lint it 1 lio lie concentrates for tile production of meat combs tint and disregards disregard other points lie will in 1 lio file production of oc fino li heads vails tint hut tit in so fo ining doing lio lie will have neglected tho the other qualities which go tra to inako inake up exhibition birtia bird tind mid tit in tho the long run nin lie will not tillah ns its much ns as if lio lie improved the beadi simultaneously with other poultry character opportunity for brenders breeders Bre eders it is a task to breed for a n combination of standard quality find utility but tills can and 14 isa beang done tit a profit in fact the time limp lias has arrived when every breeder should rive give careful thought to llie opportunity for success inie cess along these lines tim the breed breeder C r who Is buce successful 0 in it producing a strain of biris birds of good product production ign lias hns a promising market among the so eio called breeder of utility fowls if he to la successful in coni bInIng standard stun dard quality with till this production so ao that hat lie ean an produce bird ab able of winning in the poultry i I 1 of the country lie lins hns a pro utica in tile tho sale of breeding stock to those who alio tire arc interested in fit exhibitions of that kind tho the man who breeds only for standard quality or a person who produces produce a fowl only for utility value tins lias a n restricted market outlet for ills his stock which will prove much less IORI profitable tho the fact should not bo be overlooked that tho the man who breeds for standard requirements ond and therefore for beauty in his fowl tins lias something which tile casual observer can seo sea and appreciate 1 cold develops in liis his birds a quality of advertising value in the salo of breeding stock block on the other liand ion it if lie ho afas li aa only egg production to commend lila his stock lio lie must toll tell the purchaser about it for there Is little or nothing which the tic prospective buyer can see in lie abe birds themselves that indicates whether or not the strain Is a n gool good producing one |