STARTING IN THE BUSINESS 



STUDY THE POULTRY PAPERS 



GO SLOW— LEARN FIRST HOW TO CARE 

 FOR AND MATE BIRDS — ATTEND 

 SHOWS AND STUDY THE STANDARD 



MRS. TILLA LEACH, Cheneyville, 111. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK SPECIALIST 



A. 9. If I had the money to buy two trios of first class. 

 birds, would do so, also buy eggs from some breeder; if short of 

 money would buy eggs only. 



A. 10. The fowls would give me a good start the first 

 year, while from the eggs I might get one or two specimens better 

 than I could buy. Would need two trios because I am a firm 

 believer in "double mating." 



A. 11. Buy one or two hundred incubator eggs from some 

 breeder who has high grade market poultry, mark the chicks and 

 use them for next year's breeders. Of course I mean to buy eggs 

 from pure-bred stock. I do not believe in trying to grade up 

 mongrels. 



A. 12. Buy eggs, or a trio, from a breeder of high class 

 exhibition stock, whose birds are also good layers and strong, 

 vigorous market poultry. 



A. 13. As in this case expense need not be considered, 

 I would buy a trio of the best from a reMable breeder, study the 

 Standard and poultry papers during the breeding season, and 

 secure the best advice and assistance possible when culling out 

 and remating for another season. Such a beginner should attend 

 one or more poultry shows during each season, taking some of 

 his birds with him and, if possible, watching the judge score 

 them, as in that way much can be learned. 



A. 14. Buy eggs instead of stock, but be sure they are 

 from a good exhibition line. Attend the shows, study the 

 Standard, and "make haste slowly," learning first, how to care 

 for the birds properly and to mate them, before investing much 

 money. 



A. 15. Hire a competent manager and follow his advice 

 for the first one or two years. 



A. 16. Buy incubator eggs from a breeder of choice exhi- 

 bition stock that is strong and vigorous, not inbred too closely. 

 Learn the market side of the business first, gradually working 

 into the fancy as knowledge increases. 



A. 17. Barred Rocks. 



A. 18. Because I like them best. It is difficult to breed 

 choice specimens, consequently more credit is due to the breeder 

 who succeeds in raising, not buying, good ones. Also, they are 

 more popuftir, take the United States over, than any other vari- 

 ety, and there is more demand for good breeding stock. 



A. 19. Do not know; cannot imagine myself raising 

 poultry for market only. 



TO PROCEED INTELLIGENTLY 



STUDY THE BREED AND THE 

 INDIVIDUALS THE FIRST YEAR 



BRADLEY BROS., Lee, Mass. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK SPECIALISTS 



A. 9. Both. 



A. 10. To have as many opportunities as possible from 

 which to obtain the best. 



A. 11. Use pure-bred males, selecting birds that show 

 quick maturity and proper body form, and of a strain in which 

 these characteristics have been prominent for y^ars. 



A. 12. Perhaps a trio and their eggs in addition — ^Umited 

 number. 



A. 13. Obtain the best birds he can buy and a limited 

 number of the best eggs to be had. The most choice specimens 

 produce results that money cannot, and some specimens are 

 almost priceless for breeding. In a variety requiring two pens, 

 the purchase- should comprise perhaps a quartette of each. 



A. 14. Get a choice breeding trio and then make a care- 

 ful and discreet purchase of eggs, always of winning blood. 

 Study the breed and the individuals as he finds them the first 

 year, and so be better able to proceed intelligently. 



A. 15. Birds at medium prices but of very best blood, 

 regarding of course the type most needed for market in his local 

 markets. 



A. 16. Purchase small number of high grade and others 

 of medium grade fancy stock selected for market type also. 

 Also purchase eggs at moderate prices of strains exhibiting the 

 characteristics most desired for the markets. 



A. 17. Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



A. 18. Our success with them. One of the most popular 

 breeds for all — from the farmer, who buys one male a year, and 

 the market poultryman, to the man of means who has a hobby 

 to be gratified in fancy poultry. They are adapted to needs of 

 all. They are utility and fancy birds combined. If you observe 

 in the shows, if anywhere more than others, 'tis around the 

 Barred Plymouth Rocks one finds often the most enthusiastic 

 crowd. 



A. 19. Barred or White Rocks, Rhode Island Reds. 

 Most experience with Barred Rocks,liot much with others. 



A. 20. Stamina, form, skin, quick growth of these birds. 

 Would select individuals with reference to requirements. 



A. 21. Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



A. 22. Experience and observation. 



FROM A FARMER'S VIEWPOINT 



DAY IS PAST FOR ANYTHING BUT PURE-BREDS 

 FOR THE UP-TO-DATE FARMER KEEP THEM PURE 



H. TIBBETS, Neponset, 111. 



BREEDER OF BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 9. I would buy fowls. 



A. 10. By buying a trio or breeding pen of some good 

 reliable breeder you get an idea of how they mate their birds to 

 produce choice specimens; it teaches the begirmer more than if 

 he buys eggs. 



A. 11. I would advise a farmer who wishes to improve 

 his flock to buy some good pure-bred cockerels; by that means 

 his flock will improve each year. The day is past for anything 

 but the very best bred stock of any kind for the farmer to keep. 

 I can answer from a farmer's standpoint. 



A. 12. I would advise the farmer who wishes to raise 

 poultry for the fancy as well as for market to keep nothing but 

 the very best of stock; keep them pure, do not cross them. 



A. 13. For the beginner with ample funds buy the very 

 best stock that he can get from some breeder who has had 

 plenty of experience and knows how to mate and breed his own 

 birds. Then let him attend the shows and look over the speci- 

 mens there. Subscribe for some good reliable poultry journal. 

 Then by careful study and perseverance he ought to succeed. 



A. 17. Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



A. 18. As they are bred more than any other variety 

 there are more buyers for them. They combine as many good 

 points as any variety, as follows: Dress well at any age, are 

 good layers, good mothers, and have good size. 



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