STARTING IN THE BUSINESS 



due regard for shape and color. Use plenty of printer's ink 

 (advertising) and show every where possible. These two re- 

 quirements are absolutely essential to success. 



A. 16. Hire out for at least a year, and this would be 

 much better with some progressive plant. When you think 

 you have mastered the general principles of mating, breeding 

 and raising, put all the cash you can spare into the best stock 

 obtainable, then proceed as in answer to No. 16. 



A. 17. First: White Wyandottes; Second: White Ply- 

 mouth Rocks; Third; Rhode Island Reds. 



A. 18. White Wyandottes are the most popular show 

 birds today. If they should cease to be such they would still 

 be the best "general purpose'' fowl, being always plump, lay 

 large brown eggs, and mature quicker than the Rocks. White 

 Plymouth Rocks second, for the reason that they make a larger 

 soft roaster than either of the other two. The Reds are persis- 

 tent layers but are very prone to go broody besides having 

 black pin feathers when in the broiler stage of growth. White 

 Wyandottes are fit to kill at any time after they are four weeks 

 old, and do not show such long legs and neck, when dressed, 

 as do the Rocks. 



A. 19. White Wyandottes. 



A. 20. Quick maturity, preponderance of breast meat, 

 proUfic layers of good sized brown eggs, tractabihty when in- 

 cubating eggs, quiet, gentle mothers. Always command the 

 top price in the market either for eggs or meat. 



A. 21. White Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds. 



A. 22. White Wyandottes for fancy and market. Reds 

 for winter eggs. The Reds have a heavier coat of feathers, 

 making them able to withstand extreme cold better than any 

 other American variety. Are m&de up of three or four different 

 breeds, thus insuring great vitaUty. 



START WITH A SMALL FLOCK 



INCREASE AS FAST AS MEANS PERMIT- 

 EXHIBIT AT LOCAL SHOWS— ADVERTISE 



ROWLAND G. BUFFINGTON, Somerset, Mass. 



SPECIALTY BREEDER OF WYANDOTTES. BUFF, SILVER PENCILED 

 AND COLUMBIAN; PLYMOUTH ROCKS, BUFF AND PARTRIDGE; BUFF 

 ORPINGTONS; R.I. REDS. WHITE AND PARTRIDGE COCHIN BANTAMS 



A. 9. Fowls. 



A. 10. We could begin to do business sooner. A small 

 flock of fowls bought early in the season and all eggs hatched 

 until first of July would, if we had fairly good success in raising, 

 give us quite a large flock for business the neit season. 



A. 11. I would advise the farmer to do just as I would 

 do, purchase a flock of the breed desired and raise all he could 

 the first season. Another course might be advisable, — buy 

 male of pure blood and cross with the mongrel hens. 



A. 12. Do as advised in No. 11, only purchase some of 

 the best blooded stock and he will have fancy poultry and im- 

 prove the market poultry as well. 



A. 14. Without much money to invest, the best plan 

 would be to begin with one variety on a small scale in connec- 

 tion with some other business and increase the poultry part as 

 fast as means would permit. Show some birds at local shows; 

 advertise sparingly at first and increase as you have goods to 

 sell. 



A. 15. The first course for such a beginner is to learn the 

 business, as it is impossible to get any one to do it for him 

 without spending $5. to get $2. 



A. 17. Buff Plymouth Rocks, Buff Wyandottes and Buff 

 Leghorns. 



A. 18. While some of the other American breeds may be 

 equally as good for market poultry, no breed will equal them 

 for egg production. The Buff Leghorns are hardy, large size, 

 lay a large egg. Some of the other varieties of Leghorn may 

 have these good qualities. I prefer them on account of color. 



A. 19. I should have to experiment some with crosses 

 to decide this question. 



KEEP PURE-BREDS 



MORE SATISFACTORY THAN CROSSES— DON'T SELL 

 BIRDS you CAN'T REPLACE FOR THE MONEY 



W. B. CANDEE, De Witt, N. Y. 



WHITE WYANDOTTE SPECIALIST 



A. 9. Fowls. 



A. 10. Results much more certain, that is your eggs 

 would be better than those bought. Advantage of seeing just 

 what you are breeding from. 



A. 11. For the farmer, buy a good sitting of eggs, put 

 them under a hen, mark the chicks, get a good man to sort them 

 in the fall. Keep the best cockerel, mate him to the pullets 

 that are not disqualified, set all eggs the following spring, have 

 them sorted that fall again, by which time he should begin to 

 learn what a good one is; then he can do his own sorting. The 

 next spring get a cock or cockerel from the same party from 

 which he purchased the eggs, and mate him to a small pen of 



AN EXCELLENT BROOD COOP AND RUN 



the very best females. Keep only pure-breds; do not cross. 

 In time he can kill all the mongrels and he will have a flock that 

 will be more satisfactory than if he undertakes to cross up with 

 pure-breds. 



A. 12. Same as No. 11. 



A. 14. Same as No. 11 for his birds. Build a small 

 colony house, say 8 by 10, or 10 by 12, and use as a breeding 

 house. Then as he goes on if he wants to build a large housejhe 

 could use the small one for a chick colony house, or if he decides 

 to quit he has not lost a small fortune in the business. 



A. 15. Get an expert to lay out a good sensible plant 

 and let the same man, if he is a good judge of birds, go to some 

 reUable breeder and select as many good birds ais the beginner 

 wishes to buy. Put these in the new house with a competent 

 man to take care of them. Use all eggs for hatching and keep 



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