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THE (JARDEN AND FIELD. 



July, 1913 



Mat ing White Wyandottcs. 



In discnssini^ the mating up c»I 

 White Wvandolte breeding pens, a 

 faneitr who has gone in largely for 

 this variety for a number of }'«ars, 

 writes : — " No breeder can mate a 

 pen of birds imless he knows their 

 pedigree. Their individual merits 

 must also be studied. In his mind's 

 eye he must have a perfect bird, 

 and keep this model always before 

 him. I\Iost people think it is easy 

 to breed white birds. All birds 

 look white, but by an up-to-date 

 fancier they are seen difierently. 

 W hen we know that the W hite was 

 a sport from the Silver Wyandotte 

 can we wonder that even now, oc- 

 casionally, a little grey ticking or 

 a black feather can be found ? 

 Therefore, never l)reed from a bird 

 that sliows brassiness. But do not 

 mistai^e creaminess lor nrass. 

 males showing brass on the neck 

 should never be used to breed from. 

 Males often show cream or yolk 

 color until a year old, 'and then 

 when the feathers harden down 

 they become snow white. Fanciers 

 overlook type more than anything 

 else. A full breasted male mated 

 to a low set female will produce 

 fine shaped birds. A male with a 

 long shaped head rarely produces 

 any show stock. A poor eye on 

 a male produces 75 per cent, of bad 

 eyed birds, but a poor eye on one 

 female in a pen will not produce 10 

 per cent, poor eyed birds. A stub 

 of leathers on the legs will not 

 produce 20 per cent, so allUcted. 



You can produce good eyes, 

 comb and legs in one season, Init 



shape and stay-white ]>lumage 

 takes longer. Never pen a large, 

 overgrown male with imdersi/.ed 

 females. The best specimens are 

 generallv produced by mating six 

 or seven 7 lb. hens to a 6'/^ or 71b. 

 cockerel. A vigorous cockerel can 

 be mated to more than seven fe- 

 males. Sometimes large, well de- 

 veloped pullets have yellow in 

 .shaft of feathers ; mate these to a 

 stav-white male with pale legs and 

 skin, and they will produce a large 

 percentage of show specimens. 



You should depend to a great 

 extent on the male for color and 

 shape, and the female for size. The 

 beginner generally looks for good 

 eyes, comb and legs, and passes 

 oVer shape and color, thus sacrific- 

 ing the two most important points 

 of the WTiite W^yandotte. 



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Travelled Eggs. 



It should not be a matter of 

 surprise that eggs which have tra- 

 velled bv train, coach, or steamer, 

 are not in the be.st possible condi- 

 tion for immediate setting or for 

 ultimate hatching. The life germs 

 contained in fertile egg-s are certain- 

 h- endowed with extraordinary vi- 

 tality and one frequently hears of 

 successful hatches under surprising- 

 ly adverse conditions. There is lit- 

 tle doubt that eggs which have 

 travelled are benefited bv being al- 

 lowed 24 hours to settle down 

 l)efore being placed imder the hen. 

 At least that is the opinion of 

 most breeders, though we can see 

 no particular reason why it should 

 be so. 



Sargenfri Poultry Yards, 



EAST PAYNEHAM, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 



W'lC SI'KCIALIZI^ ABSOLUTKT.Y on WHITE I.KGHORNS (heavy 

 laving strains) and breed on .strictly scientific lines, using only 

 SINC.LIC-TICSTICl), PICDICUI':!''.!) LAYKRS as breeders, always keep- 

 ing in view the STA.MIX.X AND CONSTITUTION of the birds, 

 hence, we are able to transmit a liigh STANDARD OF PROLIFI- 

 CACY from one generation to another without losing either VKjOR, 

 OR SIZIC of bird. Those breeders desirous of improving their strain 

 should trv a little oi the SA R ( . ICNFR I l)lood, for our foundation 

 stock was imi)orted from the famous AMERICAN WICKOFF strain, 

 and we are therefore enabled to su])i)lv quite a different line of blood. 

 N'OTIC—lvggs sittings from our ROSFAVORTHY COMPP^TITION pen, 

 won 2nd i)ri/.e 1912-191.^. 4V- "ther pedigreed pens, 2t7-. 



Stock for Sale. 



C. J. CHANDLER, Proprietor. 



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AND FAKCIERS' FRIEND, 

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The Fresh Egg. 



The fresh egg, even if it costs 

 twopence, is not more costly than 

 steak. The average price, how- 

 ever, is not much more than half 

 that amount and this again is re- 

 duced to considerably under a mo- 

 dest halfpenny, where a few fowls 

 are kept under the favoucable con- 

 ditions of the ordinary suburban 

 home. Apart altogether from the 

 question of cost there is the qiiali- 

 ty to be considered, and it is not 

 too much to say that any house- 

 wife depending on the grocer for 

 her egg supplies really has a , good 

 deal to learn, for by far the greater 

 majority of eggs sold are "frying" 

 eggs — that is to say, that are not 

 in the best condition for boiling or 

 for any delicate cooking. One re- 

 calls in this connection the board- 

 ing house story of the guest who, 

 tired of omelettes, fried, poached, 

 and scrambled eggs, asked for them 

 plain boiled. " I don't buy them 

 that fresh," confessed the land- 

 lady. People want educating up 

 to the knowledge that, a fre.sh egg, 

 from the dietetic point of view, is 

 oa« of the cheapest foods they can 

 buy ; that one fre.sh egg is worth 

 two stale ones ; that the cheap egg 

 is a nasty egg, and it is only be- 

 cause many people's palates have 

 been ruined by eating nothing bnt 

 stale eggs that they are content 

 with the i)rcsent state of things. 

 The public should in more cases 

 deal direct with the egg producer. 

 No one who ihas ever regularly had 

 really new laid eggs cares for any 

 a little " off," but many are simply 

 indifferent. The claims of the new 

 laid egg want pu.shing.— Exchange. 



