18 999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION When a judge visits a breeder's yards and scores 

 his fowls, are the score cards given as great consideration by the 

 public as are those obtained in competition in the show room ? 



ANSWER The cards in most cases are just as accurate as show 

 room cards, but the practice of private scoring has been more or less 

 abused and breeders do not have the confidence in score cards given 

 in private that they do in those given in the show room. 



QUESTION What are some of the first points of excellence a 

 breeder should consider when mating his breeding birds? 



ANSWER First of all, they should be healthy, vigorous and of 

 fair size. Pay particular attention to shape of back, tail and breast, 

 and color of wings and tail. 



QUESTION Are the best birds in the show room always the 

 best for breeders ? 

 ANSWER No. 



QUESTION Why is not a high scoring prize winning bird as 

 good for a breeder as its condition indicates? 



ANSWER It may be a chance good specimen from poor parents, 

 in which case it could not be depended upon to reproduce its equal. 



QUESTION How is butter-color used in coloring the legs of 

 fowls for exhibition? 



ANSWER Place three drops of the butter-color in a teaspoonful 

 of sweet oil and apply it to the legs with a flannel cloth. 



QUESTION What does it cost to join the American Poultry 

 Association ? 



ANSWER The payment of a fee of ten dollars makes one a 

 member for life without the payment of any further sum at any 

 time. This is termed the life membership plan. One may also be- 

 come a member upon the annual membership plan, which provides 

 that the applicant pay a membership fee of two dollars when making 

 the application and one dollar annual dues each year thereafter. For 

 full information write to T. E. Orr, Secy.-Treas., Beaver, Pa. 



QUESTION What does it cost to advertise in the poultry jour- 

 nals? 



ANSWER The price of advertising space is based upon the 

 amount of circulation and this varies greatly. In some poultry jour- 

 nals space can be bought for 75 cents per inch for each insertion and 

 others charge as high at $3.50 per inch. 



