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Breeders and Success 



THE requirements of pure-bred poultry are constantly growing more 

 and more imperative owing to the demand by the people generally, 

 the farmer as well as the fancier. The tendency of competition 

 certainly demonstrates this to be an age of necessity. Rewards are not to 

 be accorded to the amount of noise we make, but to the quality of the ex- 

 hibits; and certainly the more spirited the competition the better must be 

 the systems adopted, the administrative ability of the poultry raiser being 

 put to the test. Surely everyone will agree that the profits in any business 

 are greater or smaller according to the management of that business, and 

 we ought therefore to train ourselves to avoid all mistakes and calamities 

 that have proved disadvantageous to success. 



One can start now with pure-bred poultry so much cheaper than they 

 could a few years ago, as so many have them all over the country and you 

 can get them by paying a few cents more per dozen for the eggs. 



Leghorns Not Good Setters 



Leghorns do not make good incubators; they are too nervous. One 

 should always keep some Plymouth Rock hens to hatch their chicks, pro- 

 vided they do not hatch by artificial incubation. 



Grow Speltz for Your Poultry 



SPELTZ is a new grain from Russia. It has been grown in the United 

 States in a small way for several years, and each succeeding season 

 not only emphasizes its value as a poultry food, but it is readily eaten 

 by all kinds of stock. It is found to be adapted to a wide range of soil and 

 climate; it resists drouth and will thrive on poor lands and is not readily 

 damaged by harvest rains. It )ields more per acre than wheat, oats, rye 

 or barley. We raised last year sixty bushels per acre. This cereal is cov- 

 ered with a shuck enclosing two kernels that resemble wheat when the 

 shuck has been removed, but the kernel is larger. The head is just about 

 as long as wheat and resembles it very much only on speltz two kernels 

 grow together instead of one. It is the very best food for egg production 

 that I have ever tried, except wheat. It is just as good as wheat and is a 

 great deal cheaper, as you can grow so many more bushels per acre. It is 

 a very rich food and should not be fed exclusively. It should be ground 

 for little chicks. 



