STARTING IN THE BUSINESS 



that you admire, and understanding their ways and habits, you 

 would be Uable to be more successful with them than with some 

 strain you did not fully understand. 



A. 19. I would select White Wyandottes, White Rocks 

 or Light Brahmas. 



A. 20. They are larger and more adapted to broilers and 

 roasters than the Ughter breeds. 



GO SLOW UNTIL YOU LEARN 



DON'T TRY TO DO IT ALL FIRST SEA- 

 SON—THE BUSINESS WELL LEARNED 

 ANYONE CAN SUCCEED AND PROSPER 



CHARLES G. PAPE, Fort Wayne, Indiana 



SPECIALTY BREEDER OF SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORC AS 



A. 9. Prefer to buy fowls. 



A. 10. Buying fowls — seeing them before buying if pos- 

 sible — is more satisfactory both to the breeder as well as pur- 

 chaser. If the eggs do not hatch well the blame is always placed 

 on the breeder personally. The trip or transit is hardly ever 

 taken into consideration where they get rough usage, and some- 

 times get overheated in express car or chilled on track. 



A. 11. Dispose of the smaller stock and buy several 

 good, vigorous cock birds of a breed known either for their 

 laying or table quaUties — whichever the farmer prefers. 



A. 12. The farmer certainly has the best opportunity 

 for breeding and selling fancy poultry — plenty of greens and 

 grain. It is an easy matter to breed fancy poultry, breed several 



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pens carefully and intelligently until you learn the variety 

 thoroughly that one intends to breed. If for fancy stock, get 

 them in show shape by careful feeding and training and en- 

 deavor to win several good prizes. Advertise in a good poultry 

 paper what you have for sale, be honest and liberal in your 

 dealings and you will succeed if you keep stock and surround- 

 ings clean. 



A, 13. Study several preferred varieties that the begiimer 

 thinks he would hke to breed. By breeding them several years 

 he will readily find which variety he thinks is best adapted 

 to the surroundings, and which breed can be bred with the least 

 trouble and expense. Stick to the variety, take advantage of 

 every opportunity to improve the strain, and your stock will 

 soon be in demand. 



A. 14. Anyone that has a suitable poultry hoiise — 

 medium sized run with plenty of sunshine and enough money to 

 buy a trio of a standard variety — can succeed and prosper. 



A. 15. If inexperienced, get a good poultry farm mana^ 

 ger and go slow until you get the poultry business pretty well 

 learned. Don't try to do it all the first season. 



A. 17. Single-Comb Black Minorcas. 



A. 18 First of all, they are layers of large white eggs 

 and lots of them, they are easy to breed, mature early, are a 

 splendid table fowl and one of the best varieties among the 

 fancy birds. They always attract attention in the show room 

 and I know of no prettier sight on a farm or city lot than a flock 

 of high class S. C. Black Minorcas with their bright head-gear 

 and elegant green lustre. 



A. 21. Have bred Minorcas for ten years and the longer 

 I breed them the more I become attached to them. 



STARTiWITH FOWLS SAVES A YEAR 



FARMER WILL SUCCEED BEST WITH 

 PURE-BREDS— TWO GOOD ONES BET- 

 TER THAN TWENTY-FIVE POOR ONES 



J. M. WILLIAMS, North Adams, Michigan 



BREEDER OF SINGLE AND ROSE COMB BUFF^ORPINGTONS 



A. 9. Fowls. 



A, 10. Starting with fowls, we consider we are one year 

 in advance of the one that buys eggs. After deciding on your 

 choice of fowls you are going to breed, get your stock of a 

 breeder of estabUshed reputation, and you have, in our mind, 

 the kind of start you should have. 



A. 11. Buy pure-bred males. We do not believe in 

 mongrels, it is just as easy to raise pure-bred poultry. Good 

 utility stock can be bought very low of any particular breed 

 you want. 



A. 12. By starting with pure-bred utility stock, and 

 buying a good male or two a year of a reliable breeder, a flock 

 can be improved each year. The farmer each year, with a smaU 

 classified ad in one or two good journals, can make three to five 

 times more than the regular market prices. We have several 

 farmers here doing that now and they are more than pleased. 



A. 13. Buy stock of a breeder of national reputation 

 that will be honest with you and give you what you pay for. 

 Make a study of the breed you Uke, and if you like poultry it is 

 as easy as falling off a log. If you don't hke to bother with 

 your poultry, keep out of the fancy. 



A. 14. If you can't pay for any more than two good 

 ones, get two good ones. They are worth twenty-five poor ones. 



A. 15. By all means quahty — ^then get about half what 

 you think you want, and then get experience. 



A. 17. Buff Orpingtons. 



A. 18. They are considered today by the poultrymen at 

 large to be one of the best all around breeds; among the best 

 layers in the chicken family, maturing early, making them 

 valuable for broilers. As a fancy fowl in the show room, their 

 massive shape and fine golden buff appeals to everyone. 



A. 19. Buff Orpingtons. 



A. 20. Early maturity — broilers — 'hardy constitution — 

 great winter layers when eggs are highest. When sold as a fowl 

 they are good size, much larger than the majority of the breeds. 



A. 21. Buff Orpingtons. 



A. 22. You get a happy combination of both fancy and 

 market poultry in the Orpingtons. They are one of the finest 

 table fowls we have, one of the greatest egg producers there is, 

 and in the greatest demand for fancy all over the world. 



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