68 "A LITTLE JOURNEY 



Here Are a Dozen Points That Practically 

 Summarize the Desirability of Anconas 



IT WILL be well to bear in mind as you study these twelve points, that 

 each one of them is a demonstratable fact and not mere theory. Thous- 

 ands breeders all over this smiling land of ours have proven to their ut- 

 most satisfaction, every one of these twelve distinctions. I am happy to set 

 them down in this brief way so that before you end your little journey a- 

 mong Anconas, you may, in these last few moments, form a mental picture 

 of the attractiveness of Anconas from every standpoint. 



As I stated at the beginning of this trip, I am writing without prejudice 

 but with unbounded enthusiasm you cannot blame me for being enthusiastic 

 when I have secured such results, can you? And keep in mind that my 

 experience includes many other kinds of poultry not just Anconas. I 

 concentrated upon them after considerable expensive and trying experiments 

 with other birds. You very seldom find a person changing from Anconas 

 once they get the right start with these busy queens of our feathered flock. 



To back up the points I am going to mention with evidence from the field, 

 I am adding to each of them a testimonial or two from satisfied customers. 

 I have hundreds more like the few I am printing. 



Point 1 Heavy Layers 



Anconas lay large, white eggs, producing them at the least possible cost 

 per dozen. The cost per dozen will run as low as ten to fifteen cents. There 

 are no better egg producers anywhere. A "Famous" Ancona holds the 

 known egg record for a single bird, in the hands of an amateur, laying 331 

 eggs during one year this record being produced in a small backyard poultry 

 house, cold and drafty in winter. And my customer assures me that no 

 particular thought was given to the hen she was simply taken care of as 

 though she had been an inexpensive mongrel chicken. 



"Famous" Anconas also hold the world's record for flock average, this 

 being produced by another amateur, his pullets laying an average of 

 256 eggs each for entire flock for one year. 



It seems difficult to associate large white eggs with a bird that is compara- 

 tively so small as the Ancona, but, nevertheless, these eggs are of such a size, 

 color and uniformity, as to command the very best market prices. An 

 Ancona egg weighs about two ounces or slightly less. 



New York My flock of Sheppard's Anconas proved far ahead of any 

 other chickens I ever owned. One hen laid over 100 eggs consecutively, 

 never missing a day during that time. G.W.D. 



