STARTING IN THE BUSINESS 



-won the prizes at the leading shows year after year, not from a 

 breeder that has won say five or ten years ago and is still adver- 

 tising the old winnings. 



A. 14. Buy the best birds you can buy; don't let price 

 be in the way. Remember your time is worth as much as your 

 money and in mating means one years' work gone. 



A. 15. Buy stock birds and good ones, also eggs. 



A. 16. Buy eggs from some responsible breeder. 



A. 17. White Wyandottes first and last. 



A. 18. They are the best general purpose fowl today. 

 They are the best layers in the American class. They feather 

 out nicely, and are always nice, plump birds at any age. 



A. 19. White Wyandottes. 



A. 20. Being a white bird they always demand the top 

 price as market fowls. They mature as early as any American 

 variety and earUer than some. 



A. 21. White Wyandottes. 



A. 22. I beUeve I could always sell the majority for 

 fancy and in that way could realize a much better price. We 

 have never yet been able to supply the demand. 



EGGS A GOOD START 



MAN WITH SMALL MEANS SHOULD START 

 BY BUYING EGGS— BIRD^ WORTH $100.00 

 RAISED FROM #10.00 WORTH OF EGGS 



J. H. JACKSON, Hudson, Mass. 



SPECIALTY BREEDER OF WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 9. If I wanted high class show birds would get a 

 few of the very best from a noted line breed strain. 



A. 10. I beUeve from my experience Uke begets hke. 

 A few good ones bred from, fowls of many years good breeding 

 are bound to give or produce several Uke themselves in a seasons' 

 breeding. In bujring eggs you have to run more chances but 

 the expense is not so large, and it is the best way for one that 

 cannot afford to buy high class stock. I have seen birds well 

 worth SIOO. raised from $10. worth of eggs. 



A. 11. The best way would be to make a deal with some 

 good breeder for one hundred or more eggs at best price, which 

 is much lower by one hundred lots than sittings. One season 

 with fair results would give him a good flock if the eggs were 

 from a good strain. He would be able to select a pen of large, 

 vigorous and good laying birds to breed from another season 

 for the best results. 



A. 12. Would reconmxend same course as given in answer 

 to No. 11. Buy eggs from a noted strain that has been bred 

 for egg production as well as fancy. Have them selected and 

 mated by an expert. Show some of the best at local shows; 

 it is a chance to compare them with others. When able to 

 breed some good ones begin to advertise in a small way; a 

 steady advertisement is best. 



A. 13. Buy some high class birds, not chance birds, but 

 . fowls from a breeder of note that is able to breed high class 

 standard specimens. Such a breeder will be able to furnish one 

 with stock or eggs from time to time that wiU put the beginner 

 in the front as a breeder and exhibitor of fancy 'fowls. If yards 

 are Umited chicks could be put out to raise with some farmers 

 that can be depended upon to give them plenty of good food 

 and free range. He could afford to pay more for this service 

 than a farmer or his wife could get out of raising common farm 

 fowls. 



A. 14. Buy a few, one or more sittings, from a reUable 

 breeder of note and select only the very best, if only a pair. 

 A sitting should produce one or more real good birds. I saw a 



cockerel recently that colud not be bought for less than $50. 

 that was raised from a sitting of eggs, and he was well worth the 

 price to one that wants the best. 



A. 15. Buy a large number of eggs from several noted 

 breeders and compare the results of the quality raised. A large 

 number of chicks raised from each strain would soon prove 

 which is the best and in a fair way. Engage an experienced 

 poultryman to look after all details. 



A. 16. Buy as many eggs as your means would allow for 

 i:aising chicks and other expenses. If satisfied that any one 

 breeder would give him satisfaction or results wanted, place an 

 order with that one. Lack of means does not allow as much 

 experimental work as may be done by one with ample means. 



A. 17. White Wyandottes. 



A. 18. Because I believe them to be the best all purpose 

 fowls. They make the best for market from a half-pound 

 broiler to a medium-sized roaster, what the market demands 

 at best prices. Always free from dark pin feathers, have rich, 

 yellow skin and legs, deep, broad breast, very close comb; one 

 of the best winter as well as summer layers of large brown eggs; 

 a breed that has been well tried. 



A. 19. White Wyandottes. 



A. 20. They meet all the best market requirements. 

 Would use a strain that has size as well as laying quaUties. 



A. 21. White Wyandottes. 



A. 22. They are as large as fowls cam be and still be 

 active, and good layers must be active to be good layers and 

 stand forcing. Also command best prices in market as broilers 

 or roasters on account of shape of body. 



STUDY THE STANDARD 



READ LEADING POULTRY JOURNALS- 

 GET AND BREED QUALITY— SHOW YOUR 

 BEST— ATTEND THE SHOWS AND GET 

 ADVICE FROM JUDGES AND BREEDERS 



EDWARD E. LING, South Portland, Me. 



WHITE WYANDOTTE SPECIALIST 



A. 9. A trio, or breeding pen. 



A. 10. Would visit a rehable specialist of the breed I 

 preferred. Would select the best trio or pen that I could induce 

 him to sell me. If I could not buy the birds I wanted; would 

 buy eggs from the best pen he would sell me eggs from, bearing 

 in mind first, last and all the time, quality and not price. 



A. 11. Buy a standard-bred cockerel of any of the Ameri- 

 can breeds you prefer and mate to a few of your best females. 

 The second season select the best puUets from this mating and 

 mate back to this cock bird, or preferably buy a cockerel and 

 mate to a few of these pullets. Each season select the best of 

 their offspring of these matings for your breeding pens. 



A. 12. First subscribe for one or more leading poultry 

 journals. Obtain a "Standard." Study the section pertaining 

 to the breed and variety you have selected. Visit the yards of 

 a successful specialist of the variety you desire. Obtain a trio 

 of good standard line-bred birds, or, if you prefer, as good eggs 

 as he will sell you. If you have studied your Standard carefully, 

 you will be able to select your best birds for your breeders. 

 Reject such birds as show serious defects, as deformities or 

 weakness. Take your best birds to some of the fairs and poultry 

 shows. Even if you do not win you will know what the judges 

 think of your birds. Try each year to remedy defects and mate 

 more carefully. 



A. 13. Subscribe for one or more of the leading poultry 

 journals. Buy a Standard of Perfection. Study both care. 



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