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PREFACE
succeeding generations. It is patterned after the line-breeding system of the late I. K. Felch, veteran poultryman.
The author desires to acknowledge the debt he owes various editors and publishers for permission to use illustrations which previously accompanied matter in their publications. To Mr. B. L. Johnson, Editor, Farm Mechanics; Walter P. McGuire, Managing Editor, American Boy, and to the editors of The Country Gentleman, he makes grateful acknowledgment.
C. C. S.
