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EVERYONE who is acquainted with poultry must join Mr. Tegetmeier in deprecating the economic degradation of good old breeds by breeding for fancy points only (p. 152). But it is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and from a scientific point of view a decadent old breed with exaggerated points is more interesting than one of the comparatively useful modern mongrels produced by crossing, since the former shows conclusively what can be done by sheer selection, even though applied for a senseless end.
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FINN, F. Variation in Fowls. Nature 65, 297 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065297a0
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