STARTING IN THE BUSINESS 



work showed that as broilers and roasters they distanced any- 

 thing I had tried, nmking 2 to 2 J pounds in eight weeks. , 



A. 21. White Wyandottes. 



A. 22. The market side I -have ahead covered, and for 

 a fancy bird we have one of the most popular of all the varieties. 

 The best specimens are unsurpassed Mr beauty, grace and sym- 

 metry, and while so many are bred the' choicest bring as good 

 prices as any variety and far more than almost any other, so 

 that a ready sale is assured ,any bpeeder for good stock, 



TRAP-NEST YOUR HENS 



PUNCH-MARK ALL CHICKS AND 

 STUDY THE BIRDS AS THEY GROW 



S. J. McQUILLIANDE, West Hartford, Conn. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK SPECIALIST 



A. 9. Fowls. 



A. lO. In the first place I would consider them the 

 cheapest. Second: I would have a ohande to study the young 

 stock that I hatched from their eggs as they grow. 



A. 11. Kill them all and sell them for the best price 

 obtainable. Start all over again with the variety of pure-breds 

 he likes best or what he considers to be the most profitable 

 variety for him. 



A. 12. Buy a trio of the variety he is most interested in, 

 find out who raises the best of that variety, visit his place if 

 possible, see what you are buying, and buy the best you can 

 afford — ^if only two birds, one male and one female. 



A. 13. I would advise a beginner to purchase a pen of 

 four, females and one male to start with. Trap-nest your hens 

 and set the eggs from each hen separately. Punch-mark the 

 little chicks when they are hatched. Study your birds as they 

 grow. When your birds are matured you will know how to 

 mate the fOUckwing year ;to produce better results. If you follow 

 this system for two or' three years you are sure to raise good 

 exhibition birds, provided you had first class stock to begin with. 

 I ,A. 14. Buy as good a t^riq a^ his capital will allow and 

 proceed in the same manner as recommended in answer to 

 No. 13. 



A. 15. If the beginner possesses some knowledge of the 

 poultry business his course will be easy; all he will require is 

 a httle common sense and good judgment. Would advise visit- 

 ing as many of the practical poultry plants as possible in opera- 

 tion throughout the country and studying their methods. 



A. 16. Select one variety, the best adapted to, your 

 market, buy the best your means will allow, cull close every 

 year, exhibit as much as possible, do not raise too many to start 

 with, study the variety you select, become acquainted with 

 others that breed your variety and obtain from them all the 

 information possible. 



A. 17. White Plymouth Rocks. 



A. 18. They are good layers, they are handsome to look 

 at, they are excellent market fowls and make good broilers. 

 The prices paid for them at the show room are as high as any 

 other variety. 



A. 19. White Plymouth Rocks. 



A. 20. They grow faster than any other fowl that I 

 know of; the cockerels very often go eight pounds in six and one- 

 half months. I have had them weigh ten pounds in eight 

 months. 



