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(K-i .-^-if ?9-uft"I?ie3r,SyiiBro^ijg^ pDre^ys^ij^ (rnqnejOi in their 

 eggs laid during the year for a given amount of value (mohey); 

 W ;t^Pt:^°d ,OoS?'W?dj;^P giny,.otlwR"ibr^ ot variety .6f my 

 ^?j\f^;-' T^y gi.ye nie f Jill safeisfegtifiifiiinlifoth: pleasure and 



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SMALL PLATSfT, '■W-ELL.'MANAiCED- 



^hich cobmiand a .fan«y pstee^Ksn'the'JSfertv Yoffc'aiiarfcgti 'Piftb 

 and lastS' They- kneHhe most beautiful fowls and the^eUs a giffeii't 

 demand forthem..'^.. .1.;.:: ■• , , 



- -ji.TjtQ.j •White'Wyandokieij' '' i' ■ 



A. 20. Because, they take on flesh quickly and easily' 

 ha vie a pliump yellow carcass, and being white, pin feathers do 

 not show as plainly as in colored varieties.- Their bodies are 

 always; plump, where, as. the Rocks' are all frame until nearly 

 matured; theiatter put on flesh after their frames are developed; 



JSBEgl; FOR, BEGINNBR. OF .SMALL OR AMPLE 

 MEANS AND WILL -YIELt) LARGER PROFI-fS 



>: i IRVING. F. RICE, Cortland, N. Y. 



. SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN SPECIALIST 



( . ]' A:, . Q.. I would buy a good ■ breeding pen and also eggs 

 from a reliable breeder. ■ ; 



; .A. ilO. If there is a question of means a breeder can giet 

 a, cheaper start; with eggs if he can be sure he is getting wihat 

 he buys. At the same time if he can buy good fowls for a founda- 

 tion he has a profit while the chicks are growing, and the eggs 

 ^rpin a good flock' will, not only pay for their own keeping but 

 ^h6uld pay for the ^ood- ciJnsumed by the small chicksi . While 

 the c^eks from purchased eggs akme must be kept at an expense 

 .Until five cr six monthsiold before any income is received; except 

 that derived from seUing the surplus cockerels. 



A. 11. I would advise that all mongrels are sold and a 

 pen of standard-bred fowls purchased, but if this is not practical 

 I would advise thada feck^of the preferred variety' be malted to 

 the best hens of the flock adapted to this purpose. 



• A.- 12. Afarmer to cater to the fancy poultry trade-must 

 be also a "fancier" and must exhibit his stock at fairs and shows. 

 After exhibiting and" winning he must advertise his stock and 

 eggs in a good poultry journal. vBuild coD^ort^ble chouses and 

 give his poultry as much care and attention as he does his other 

 farm stock. ' ' ' 



A.' 13. 1 would, ad vise a beginner With ample funds to 

 purchase a choice breeding pen from a good reliablebreeder and 

 (pay him his price, -do not; dsk for his "lowest price dn bis best 

 :birds," but pay for a. good pen carefully selected and mated 

 fpr;best results, and- then increase your floek by hatching eggs 

 -if you (eel that; you. can trust the'breeder. to \send you, what 

 .you-pay for. . ; , V . 



.' 4.' 14. Buy as many good birds as you can, then exhibit 

 thgm at fairs and small shows until you have thoroughly learned 

 the requirements' of prize winning birds, gradually entering the 

 ilarge shows. Then select a- good paper and ad-vertisS your stock 

 land.^nhings coijtinuafly until the people are familiar with 

 .■your name and breed; always use • great care in selecting and 

 breeding your birds, and above, all treat your. customers honor- 

 ably. ,,, ..,. 

 ' :- A. : 15. However ample the funds, I would say go care- 

 .-fuUy and slowly; do not embarli too hea-vily at first; a small 

 'plant well conducted -and carefully managed will yield larger 

 •profits than a large plant, dependent upon hired help who are 

 ;intere,sted only in putting in their time and drawing their pay. 

 It is a business made up of minute details and it is the Uttle 

 /unmanaged things a^d leaks that eat up, the profits, 



A. 17. White Leghorns. ' . 1 ' 



A. 18. : First:. They are the most practical fowl, hardy 

 ,and easy , to toch and raise and the best layers for the Smallest 

 iquantity of feed. Second: More can be housed in a building 

 than can the larger breeds. Third: There is no danger; :cjf 

 overfeeding them, as they are active and always busy. The egg 

 ffarms, are all stocked with this variety, Which proves theip to be 

 the best egg machines, fourth: They by Itoge white eggs 



BREEDING STOCK BEST START 



i EGGS GIVE GREATEST GOdD FOR LEAST 



POSSIBLE OUTLAY AND ARE BEST FOR 

 A BEGINNER WITH A SMALL PURSE 



ARTHtJR G. DUSTON, South Fraihingham, Mass. 



-, . WHIT? WYANDOTTE SPECIALIST . 



A.- 9. Fowls: 

 .' A. 10. . I have answered fowls instead of eggs with thfe 

 Jmental proviso that I have the money to invest that would 

 allow me to buy the quaUty that I would want. To start with 

 stock I would be the gainer by having the birds in hand, and 

 would not have to trust to the uncertainties, however slight, of 

 a regular., mating. . I would, have ,the stock on my place con- 

 trolling nl a '-great measure the fertility and avoiding the risk 

 of any injury to the eggs, but the outlay would be many times 

 greattsr.. - , .'■ " ; 



'(-,, A. 11. The introduction of big, strong males and, if 

 possible, a side pen of pure-breds to gradually replace the flock 

 of mongrels., ., ' 



A. 12. Do as already suggested, get a small pen of good 

 birds Etnd as- fast as possible discard the common hens, have 

 nothing but fancy birds, And by all means only one variety 

 that they may rpam at will and not-run any risk of being mixed 

 -up -with another breed. This permits one to bend aU his energies 

 to the perfecting, of this one variety. 



A. 13. Buy the best to be had. Study and breed them 

 along accepted lines. 



A. 14. This party must go slower and to achieve the 

 greatest success for the least possible outlay he -will purchase 

 eggs for hatching from some strong matings, raising with care 

 the chicks, and, if he wants the best results to be obtained from 

 the young the next year, he will be guided by the advice of the 

 party from whom he makes his original purchase when making 

 his matings for another year.. 



A. 15. Buy a good, big flock of fair breeders for the 

 foundation flock for the market,, of the variety chosen, and one 

 or two pens of high class birds. In this way one can continually 

 ^strengthen his whole line, by reserving the males from the best 

 pens to use on the pens of breeders, thus growing stronger in 

 .quaUty from season to season until the \yhole flock is of the 

 highest merit, but always going on 'with the knowledge that it 

 costp less to make 7i lbs. on a well-bred male than 74 lbs. on a 

 mongrel. 



A. 17. White Wyandottes. •• , 



A. . 18. Some years of experience with other breeds 

 proved to my satisfaction that in this bird was combined the 

 greatest number of good points with the least possible number 

 of defects. ■ 



~A. 19. White Wyandottes. ., ,. 



■ ^A. 20. For the reason I proved them fourteen years ago 



:and thou'sailds have proved them since to be unbeaten as layers, 



this mainly deciding me as to which of the five varieties J was 



• breeding/ to,. k;eep.) Afterwalrds % Vtry out',' in; brooder 1 house 



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