Farm Poultry In-Bred.
There is no burking the fact that much of our farm poultry is too much inbred. On many farms it will be found that new blood is never introduced, males are never changed, but the same old ones used year in and year out. This ought not to be. There is no more excuse for it than there is for a farmer using the same bull continuously as long as he lasts, and then following him with his in-bred son. The farm flock should b« kept up by the introduction of new and strong blood every year, by the pur chase of new males and females. But even in doing this there should be method. Do not buy of one flock one year, from another the next and so on. Try to maintain the same strain so as not to introduce too many disturbing influences. Buy from reliable breeders only, and do not jump from one the to the other or buy from every one whom you may for the moment fancy.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 156, 17 May 1909, Page 4
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175Farm Poultry In-Bred. King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 156, 17 May 1909, Page 4
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