m*te, and laid egg» when the ground wai deeply covered whh snow and the thermometer 

 far below the freezing point. At last we found the right breed, and have never kept any 

 others since. The pullets frequently begin to lay at four months old, but it is well to keep 

 them back if possible until six months old, when they settle down to steady egg production 

 until they moult in the following year. The moult is not a serious business, and save for 

 the freshness of the plumage they show little sign of what is going on. The permanence of 

 type is very marked, it being quite easy to trace the decendants of a particular hen through 

 five or six generations, and among the many hundred chickens hatched, we have never had 

 a "sport." 



Heap Bros., Worsthorne, near Burnley, England: Anconas were imported into this 

 country from Ancona, Italy, for their exceptional laying qualities, and the reception they 

 met with has scarcely been equalled by that of any breed in recent years. They are indeed 

 very profitable fowls from a utility point of view, as they mature very quickly, pullets very 

 often commencing to lay when eighteen weeks old. 



Paul Boeger, in September 1913, Poultry Keeper: Anconas are hardy, and layers of 

 large white eggs. I have one hen that laid an average of twenty eggs per month for the 

 year 1912. I have had experience with many breeds, but the Anconas are the most profit* 

 able as they are wonderful winter egg producers. 



I. H. Bower, Aberdeen, Washington: I will discard all other breeds, as Anconas are 

 good enough for me. 



J. F. Taylor, Route 3, Rising Star, Texas: I find \nconas the best layers I ever saw. 

 My April hatched pullets are shelling out the eggs (October 4). I would not give them up 

 for any other breed. 



J. K. Hotton, Clinton, S. C: I have tried all kinds of chickens, and can truthfully 

 say I have found Anconas the best in the world. 



A. W. Hoppock, Wenatchee, Wash.: My Anconas consume but f the amount of feed 

 consumed by the heavier breeds, such as Rocks and Wyandottes. I have tried several 

 breeds, and have decided that Anconas are the best. In 1913 a flock of 35 Anconas gave 

 me a net profit of $i.So per hen. I used the trap nest and kept accurate account of 

 everything. 



A. F. Rolf, Prof, in charge of Poultry, Oklahcma A. & M. College, Stillwater, Okla: 

 Ancona pullet No. 385, bred and owned by the Oklahoma Agricultural College, laid her 

 first egg April 27, 1914, at the age of 107 days. January 18 she was one of a lot of chick- 

 ens placed in an express car and in three weeks travelled nearly 10,000 miles and were 

 >newed by over 50,000 people, in the Demonstration Train. This treatment was not what 

 one would think good for the chicks, but these little Anconas thrived and grew like weeds, 

 —one making the remarkable record of 107 days from egg to egg. Another Anoona pullet 

 laid her first egg May 3, at 113 days old. Up to May 12 (when this was written) none of 

 the other breeds have produced their first egg. I never knew of such early egg production. 



Chris. Daniels, in Pacific Poultry Craft of June, 1914: I have Ancona hens in my 

 breeding pens that were four years old this spring and they seem to lay just as well now as 

 in their pullet year. My Anconas produce 40 per cent, more eggs than my Rock, and with 

 not more rhan one-half the feed. 



H. S. Cashman, Altamont, Kan.: I have 21 Ancona hens that hare laid 1737 eggs 

 from Jan. I to July 15. I have one pullet that laid first egg at the age of four months and 

 one week. 



C. T. Chapman, Canon City, Colo.: I have kept many different breeds, and I must 

 say none of them are in it any jump on the road with Anconas. My Orpingtons will con- 

 sume 40% more food than my Anconas, and the Anconas will lay 40% more eggs than the 

 Orpingtons. My two and three year old Anconas seem to lay as well as pullets. I have 

 ten Ancona pullets that began laying at 4! months old, in close confinement. 



