38 I'KiEDXS AM) A 1,1. AUOI'T THEM. 



Now a mull shcuikl in'i ,si;)>t \vith one varit'ty ;t ml Iktoiiu' 

 disnustc'il anil try (ithcrs niii' afttr the other. Ho will liiid it 

 a losing' uame. Xo man can sell a whole loft of one ty[ie fcu' 

 what it is worth, neither ean a man Imy other birds, sneh as 

 he wants and needs, just at the time he would like to got 

 them. The host lofts are made u\> of a hird or a pair bought 

 here and another there, just as the ciiiport unity occurs, [t is 

 a maltiT of record that I oneo bought a whole loft of about 

 titty birds lo t;et i ne eoek that I wanted, and I am free to 

 admit thai lie didn't throw birds nearly as good as himself 

 and 1 was glad to sell him. .'So it will be seen tliat the best 

 of VIS get picked uii. 



Grantiui; that the reader has finally decided oir the variety 

 of j.igcon lie feels would suit him, a still harder part of the 

 wiu'k comes, for he must o-Korcise judgment in the selection 

 of his blooding stock. 



.\.bout the worst thing a man can do. is to get reckless and 

 try to buy up all the prize winners he can obtain. 



In this liook [ want to bo truthful. I don't want any man 

 or l>oy to say "I road ycjur book and believed you and you 

 misled me. " 'L'herofore I want to make the pdain statement 

 that if I were biiyiug for myself I would nut buy prize winners 

 irv\a anybody, with which to stock my loft, for the reason that 

 as a rule [irize winners do not breed birds as good as them- 

 selves. The average prize winner is generallj' bred from 

 jjarents one or both of which are bj' no means typjical speci- 

 mens of their lireed. 



The parents have the blood, but thoy are often defective 

 in the nuiiii points for which their standard calls. 



The prize winner is simply a tribute to the good judgment 



. of the breeder who lias the skill to mate two birds for ''points" 



in their offspring. I, et the average fancier buy two winners 



and mate them and the chances are that they will produce 



specimens in no wise e(| lal to tliemsehes. This is vt'hy so 



