Mrs. J. F. Mc Murr«y, Van Buren, Ohio: An Ancona pullet I hatched from "Beauty 

 Strain" eggs began laying January 12th, and skipped but five days in over three months. 



C. A. Knight, Olena, Ohio: I have tried ail kinds of fowls and have chosen Anconas, 

 and will stick to them until I find something that outlays them. 



F. W. Middleton, Moores Hill, Indiana; I have never seen anything that looks 

 like a chicken that can beat, or equal, Anconas in shelling out eggs the year around. 

 My first hatch this spring came off January i6th, and one pullet laid her first egg May 

 16th, and another one laid the following day. I think that is going some! Laying at four 

 months and not force fed. I use trap nests. 



Howard R. Conover, TituiviUe, Pa.: Until ten years ago I bred S. C. Brown Leghorns, 

 and then changed to Anconas. I have never been sorry, as Anconas are larger and better 

 winter layers. 



R. Woolery, Salem, Oregon: I have discovered through experience the Ancona to be 

 unexcelled as fall and winter layer. 



Mrs. Jay E. Miller, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: People here are amazed at the way my 

 Ancona hens lay, and many ask me what I feed them. I tell them it is not the feed but 

 the breed. Get Anconas and you will have success. 



Mrs. J. E. Fay, Elmira, N. Y.: I have bred many kinds of poultry. For several 

 years I bred R. L Reds, until 191 1 I thought I would try Anconas. I have 300 Anconas, 

 and shall get rid of my Reds and breed none but Anconas, as they are the best layers of 

 all the poultry in the world. 



Adaline R. Gosler, Matfield Green, Kansas: The great superiority of Anconas lies in 

 their prolific and continuous egg production, in which they lead all varieties I know any- 

 thing about. 



Jos. E. Blackshaw, M. D., San Ysidro, California: I weigh every ounce of feed my 

 hens get and know that no other fowl lays a dozen marketable eggs so cheap as do Anconas, 



Phil Zeigler, Strasburg, Ohio: I am so well pleased with Anconas that I have cut out 

 all other breeds. Anconas are the only one "best breed." 



R. M. Shakleford, Paso Robles, California: In the fall of 1911 I had about three 

 thousand Leghorns and two hundred and fifty Ancona pullets. The Anconas began laying 

 earlier than the Leghorns and have continued to lay better than the Leghorns. I am so 

 much better pleased with the Anconas that I shall remove all the Leghorns and replace 

 them with Anconas. 



C. M. Dedrick, Manitowoc, Wisconsin: I have bred Anconas for several years, and 

 like them better than any other breed I ever tried. I have bred most of the standard va- 

 rieties, but in the north during the cold winter months the Anconas are the most productive. 



Robert Meyer, Canton, Ohio: One of my neighbors has several Ancona pullets that 

 started laying at several days short of sixteen weeks old. Another one hatched Ancona 

 chicks April 10 and the first pullet laid in just fifteen weeks to a day. 



C. S. Kilgore, Seattle, Washington: I have bred Anconas several seasons, and have so 

 much confidence in them that I have discarded all other breeds and breed Anconas ex- 

 clusively. 



T. J. Pickett, Pomona, California: I find Anconas superior to any birds I have ever 

 handled, and I have been a chicken fancier since a boy and have owned some very fancy 

 stock. 



Frank Maag, Orange, California: I am well pleased with Anconas during the several 

 years I have bred them, and I believe they are the best layers. 



Chas. G. Cole, Seattle, Washington : I had Buff Orpingtons and Anconas. The An- 

 conas will lay three eggs while the Buff Orpington will lay one, and this too with less feed. 

 The Ancona is the best egg producer in the world. 



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