AMONG ANCONAS" 



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"Who Is This Man Sheppard?" 



IT would not be at all unnatural if some readers of these pages were to say, 

 "Who is this man Sheppard?" I believe though that any poultry raiser 

 who has investigated the leading lines, whether he owns six birds or six 

 thousand, will be familiar with my name and some of the facts about Ancona 

 Headquarters my farm here at Berea, Ohio. 



I have spent fifteen long years in perfecting a strain of Anconas, and I 

 feel that I am qualified to speak on the subject. Having called the strain 

 by my own name the Sheppard Strain you can see that I am proud of it. 

 When I first became interested in Anconas they were practically unknown. 

 Today they are well and favorably known from coast to coast and in several 

 foreign countries. 



So "this man Sheppard," you can take my word for it, knows some- 

 thing about what he is talking; and when I point out things of interest along 

 the way, you will realize that I have been over the route of our "Little Journey" 

 many times before! 



