from eggs shipped for hatching, am sold ahead from March 1 to May 15, 

 and have to turn down many orders. Other breeders report the same 

 conditions. 



(9) Anconas are not bred in a multitude of hues. There is but one 

 color — the mottled. If a person wants Anconas, I am ready to do business, 

 and don't have to lose an order because the customer wants brown and I 

 have buff. I believe that it is too confusing and bothersome (if not actu- 

 ally injurious) to have a breed that is made over into brown, buff, red, 

 white, black, silver, barred, penciled, Columbian, partridge, etc. If a 

 breed is satisfactory in all respects, there is no reason to create a multi- 

 plicity of variations in plumage. The Ancona cannot be improved upon, 

 in my opinion. 



(10) Anconas are tame, and not so flighty and nervous as most of the 

 Mediterranean breeds. They are not the lazy kind that are always under 

 foot, but are docile, and easily approached without becoming excited. 



(11) They are non-sitters. A broody Ancona is a rarity. 



(12) Ancona breeders are well-organized, thus stimulating the exhi- 

 bition interests of Ancona breeders, which gives zest to the game, and 

 plenty of opportunities for winning ribbons, medals, cash and trophies. 



These reasons are why I am breeding Anconas exclusively, and I be- 

 lieve other suburbanites would agree with me, if they had the same light 

 in poultrycraft. 



It is a good sign of the merits of any breed of poultry when those 

 who keep that breed are wildly enthusiastic as those are who favor the 

 Ancona. Indeed, as one of the prominent poultry magazines lately said: 

 "The Ancona people have the reputation of being the most enthusiastic in 

 behalf of their breed." Another poultry journal of recent date contains 

 this significant item : "We notice in our exchanaes that the Ancona is fast 

 winning its way to the front as an egg producer, and is every day becom- 

 ing more prominent." It is to this great enthusiasm on the part of An- 

 cona breeders that the remarkable advances in popularity of these most 

 satisfactory fowls in the last few years is due. 



The poultry-keepers in the western states particularly have taken 

 them up, and through the middle and eastern states Anconas have a splen- 

 did following. The modern specimens of this ancient Mediteranean breed 

 have a prominent place at all of the worth-while shows.— Special article 

 from Suburban Life. 



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