In seeking native varieties, the workers at each breeding station really wrack their bodies and brains, trekking over hill and dale to the most remote locations, because the more remote a place is, the more possibility there is of finding pure samples.
為了尋找土種畜禽，各繁殖所真是煞費苦心，跋山涉水往較封閉的地方去。因為越是封閉的地方，越可能存有土種畜禽的行跡。負責土雞保種的新化總所助理鍾秀枝就跑遍了台中、嘉義、台南、台東各縣鄉村，還深入秀姑巒溪上游的山區。