SUCCESSFUL POULTRY KEEPING 



fully. Buy a nice breeding pen from some specialist of the 

 breed preferred. Have him mate the birds for you, which is 

 very important. Tell him frankly that you are a beginner and 

 if he is honest he will be glad to help you get results, for if you 

 are pleased you will be more than likely to tell your friends, 

 which in turn helps the speciaUst. Have a judge or specialist 

 select your exhibition birds and also mate your- breeding pens. 

 Send your best birds to the shows, even if you do not win you 

 have a chance to compare your birds with other good birds. 

 If a score card show, you can learn much by studying the de- 

 fects; try and overcome them in your next year's matings. 



A. 14. Invest in one or two good poultry journals, also 

 a Standard of Perfection. Study carefully the breed you prefer. 

 Buy one or more sittings of eggs from a specialist in the breed 

 you desire. Select a fancier that you believe breeds the birds 

 he exhibits. 



A. 15. Same as answers to Nos. 13 and 14. 



A. 16. Would buy eggs from a speciaUst in the breed I 

 desired. Would if possible obtain the assistance of some suc- 

 cessful fancier in selecting my birds both for exhibition and 

 breeding pens. Have them assist in mating the breeding pens. 

 Obtain a Standard of Perfection and become familiar with the 

 breed that you intended to keep. Cull faithfully and look care- 

 fully to the same details. 



A. 17. White Wyandottes. 



A. 18. First: They have been more successful with me. 



Second: Because the demand for White Wyandottes is 

 not confined to any one section or state, but extends all over 

 the country, and high class birds find ready buyers. 



Third: If the number of birds exhibited at nearly all the 

 leading shows means anything, they are by far the most popular 

 variety today. 



Fourth: They combine both fancy and general utility and 

 they have the largest Specialty Club in America behind them. 



Fifth: They have built me up a prosperous, fancy poultry 

 business from a single investment of SS.CO in eggs, my original 

 capital invested. 



A. 19. White Wyandottes. 



A. 20. They can be marketed at top prices from an 

 eight-ounce squab broiler to a large roaster. I have, today, 

 cockerels a few days under six months old that weigh 8§ lbs. 

 strong, and some that weigh from 7 to 7^ lbs. They will stand 

 heavy feeding without losing use of legs, and with their plump, 

 stocky bodies, are nearly always ready for market. 



A. 21. White Wyandottes. 



A. 22. Because I believe no breeds or varieties stand so 

 high for a combination of both fancy and market qualities as 

 the American breeds, and I consider White Wyandottes at the 

 head of the class. 



BUY BREEDING STOCK EARLY 



FALL OR EARLY WINTER BEST TIME TO 

 START— GIVES TIME TO KNOW FLOCK 

 AND LEARN SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT 



N. V. FOGG, Mt. Sterling, Ky. 



SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN SPECIALIST 



A. 9. I would buy fowls in the fall or early winter. 



A. 10. By buying a small flock of good birds in the fall 

 one can feed and care for them during the winter and gain a 

 great deal of practical experience, which is very valuable to 

 anyone in the poultry business. 



Feeding and caring for the breeding stock during the breed- 

 ing season will give some good ideas for feeding and caring 



for the yoimg birds. If one is successful in raising the young 

 birds he will have a good sized flock for the next winter and by 

 caring for the small flock the winter before he will know better 

 what the fowls need, and thus will not make the mistakes on 

 the large flock that he made on the small one. By buying stock 

 from a rehable breeder the birds will be mated as they should 

 be and the owner will get better results. 



A. 11. First of all, get him to realize the value of good, 

 warm, well-ventilated houses in which to care for his birds. 

 Dispose of the three, four and five-year-old hens and the cock 

 birds, retaining a good flock of • his best young hens. Buy a 

 few pure-bred male birds to mate with the hens, also buy a few 

 sittings of eggs of the one variety best suited to his purpose. 

 A. 12. I would advise him to keep only one breed and 

 give the pullets and hens free range. Be careful that everything 

 is clean about the place. Would keep the cocks and cockerels 

 in a nice grassy yard of good size. If he is going to raise many 

 young birds would advise him to use the very best incubators 

 and brooders, as they are better than the natural method when 

 many young birds are raised. 



If he has many fowls to sell or is going to sell eggs for 

 hatching during the breeding season, would advise him to ad- 

 vertise in a small way at first and advertise more as he has 

 birds or eggs to sell. If for market, furnish a, choice article, 

 delivering it to your consumer direct for a fancy price. , 



A. 13. After deciding on the variety which he wishes to 

 breed I would suggest that he purchase a high-scoring pen 

 properly mated from a reliable breeder. He should have a 

 small incubator and a sufficient number of brooders to properly 

 care for the chicks, which should have plenty of room. 



He should take one of the best poultry journals and more 

 if he has the time to read them; also read the writings of the 

 best writers of poultry subjects. All his houses should be 

 modern. For feeding the chicks, growing and breeding stock 

 would advise the use of the very best feeds. 



A. 14. Would recommend to the beginner with small 

 means, that he fitx a house that is warm and has plenty of venti- 

 lat ion, with as Utle cost as possible, and then buy a few common 

 hens to use to incubate the eggs which he buys during the breed- 

 ing season. After deciding on the variety he wishes to breed, 

 buy some eggs for hatching from some of the best breeders, get 

 eggs from as good breeding stock as he can afford to buy. If 

 he intends to show at any of the fall shows would advise buying 

 some eggs early in the season so as to have birds ready for these 

 shows. 



A. 15. First of all, he should locate as near as possible to 

 a high class market with good shipping facilities and grain 

 markets. He should find if possible a farm with a good location 

 for poultry houses. I would prefer land that is rolling with 

 drainage toward the south; this will let all the poultry houses 

 face the south, as they should be to get the best results. The 

 farm should be high and dry with a good water supply. One 

 starting the business on a large scale should get a farm large 

 enough to raise feed for his birds; all buildings should be modern 

 and as convenient as possible so as to save labor. He should 

 have one to help him who has a thorough knowledge of the 

 business. 



A. 16. He should consider market, location, and get as 

 large a farm as he can afford so he may raise products that will 

 help to pay for the farm. His houses should be warm and as 

 convenient as possible. If he can not have a man with him 

 that knows the business would advise him to get the very best 

 books and read them carefully; also not to go into the business 

 too fast, study your business and add more to the plant as you 

 think best. 



A. 17. Single Comb White Leghorns. 

 A. 18. I have bred several different breeds and find the 

 S. C. White Leghorn comes nearer my ideal than any other; 



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