m WELL KNOWN ANCONA BREEDERS | 



■T is a pleasure to show the faces of a goodly number of the men and 

 ■ women who have helped to make Anconas widely known and popular 

 throughout the United States. The breeders here shown have been 

 known to the writer for years, and they have been active in Ancona 

 matters and real boosters for the breed. 



W. H. Branthoover is a business man 

 of Pittsburgh, Pa., and is the Dean of 

 the Ancona business in America. His 

 address is 61 15 Station Street, East End. 

 IMr. Branthoover began breeding Anco- 

 nas in 1892, when they were new in this 

 country. He has imported stock several 

 times, was organizer of the Ancona Club 

 of America and many times its president 

 before it was consolidated with The An- 

 cona Club. He has always been one of 

 the live ones, an exhibitor at the large 

 shows, and a writer en Ancona topics. 

 He breeds single combs only. 



W. H. BRANTHOOVER 



L. G. Bingham is senior member of 

 the firm L. G. Bingham & Son, breeders 

 of single and rose comb Anconas, Lima, 

 Ohio. They have bred Anconas since 

 1910, and hatch nearly a thousand each 

 year. Mr. Bingham has done good work 

 in boosting the breed and the club, and 

 has been eminently successful. 



L. G. Bingham 



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