February 25, 1922 
Fancy versus Utility Poultry 
A friend of mine who has a large estate 
in Maryland writes me. asking what to 
do to make a Colored Dorking hen lay. 
lie has a hen of that breed, bought from 
a breeder in Canada, who always wins 
first premium on Dorkings at all poultry 
shows, lie said the hen is perfect in col¬ 
oring and of large size. The first year she 
laid eight or 10 eggs; this year she has 
not laid at all. "What can I do to make 
her lay?” 
I wrote him that I would guarantee to 
make her lay every day, if he would fol¬ 
low my directions. I had never known 
the recipe to fail. It. was this: Take a 
sharp ax and cut off her tail. The essen¬ 
tial point about this recipe was irhn-c the 
tail should bo cut off. To be effective, the 
proper place to cut. it was about one inch 
behind the hen's ears, then after a few 
minutes the lien would lay every day. just 
where you put her: hut you must arrange 
things so that nothing will disturb her 
while she is laying. 
But I wrote my friend: "How absurd 
you are; how can you expect this hen to 
lay eggs when you know she was not bred 
for any such purpose? She was bred to 
win premiums at shows, and she can do 
it.” My frieml is a genuine fancier; lie 
keeps 10 or a dozen varieties of fowls, 
and makes all kinds of crosses, and 
thoroughly enjoys, the beauty of them. 
The mere utility breeds he eaves hut little 
for. though he did buy a sitting of my 
White Leghorns. Hi* crossed one of my 
Leghorn pullets with a Colored Dorking 
cock from Henry llale, and has named 
the progeny "Ilalegrovcs.” As he is a 
vegetarian, and never eats flesh "f any 
kind, table poultry means nothing to him ; 
but bis son in-law dressed a pair of the 
"Halegrove” cockerels to send to a New 
York friend, put them in a paper box. and 
box and all weighed IS lbs. The Leg¬ 
horn predominates in the coloring; the 
birds are white, single comb, and surpris¬ 
ingly large, 
A physician who left the doctors’ busi¬ 
ness to engage in poultry-keeping for a 
living, wrote me that he wanted to start 
with the very best, so be sent, for ha till¬ 
ing eggs from a breeder who wins many 
premiums at poultry shows. lie kept 
strict account of what his Leghorn pul¬ 
lets were doing for a year, and found that 
they had not laid eggs enough to make 
any profit at all. But near him there 
was an old farmer with just common 
Leghorns, and his birds showed a good, 
fat profit. So the next season be set eggs 
only from the farmer’s stock, and they 
laid eggs enough to make poultry-keeping 
profitable. 
I think the "American Standard of Per¬ 
fection'' (in poultry) is partly respon¬ 
sible. It was written by fanciers, and 
utility was considered very little, if at all, 
in the making of it. For instance, the 
tails of Leghorns must be carried low; 
the lower the tail, the better the chance 
of winning at a poultry show. So. if a 
breeder has a hen that, carries her tail 
very low. and breeds low-tailed cockerels, 
she is a valuable heu ; one of her cock¬ 
erels may bring $50 to exhibit at a show. 
If she only lays 25 or 50 eggs in a year, 
she may be his most profitable bird. 
Years ago Tom Barron wrote me that 
lie had observed a tendency in bis best 
layers to carry their tails high. Why 
should they do that? Let’s consider it. 
When a hen is extruding an egg. neces¬ 
sarily she would raise her tail. Now. if 
she is laving everv day, she -would grad¬ 
ually get to carrying her tail high all the 
time. It is practically the same as with 
the pubic bones, on each side of the vent. 
IP a hen lays. say. only one egg a week, 
the bones coutc back into place again; 
that is. about the width of one linger; 
apart, but if she lays nearly every day, 
the bones do not get bark, but remain 
separated, so that three fingers can be 
put between them. Tf a ben is a poor 
layer, or lias not laid for a long time, an 
expert poultryman can tell that fact at. 
once by the distance between her pubic 
bones. 
Wyandotte breeders of 12 or 15 years 
ago know bow that breed came near tir¬ 
ing mined by a fad of the fanciers that 
Wyandotfos should be square; that is. 
only as long from breast, to fluff as they 
were deep from hack to breast bone, I 
went to a poultry show in Springfield, 
Mass. A Connecticut, man won first pre¬ 
mium: his Wyandntt.es were just what 
the judges wanted—very short bodies, etc. 
I un’t tin* man in Hartford two years 
afterward, and asked lmw bis Wyandottes 
were getting along lie said: “I haven’t 
got any. T got them down to what the 
judges wanted, and they wouldn't lay any 
eggs, and what eggs they did lay, wouldn’t 
hatch, so I got rid of them.” 
This short-body fad had to give way to 
common sense. The .judges at shows had 
to allow longer bodies; but they came 
near ruining the breed. 
The proceedings of a meeting of the 
National It. 1. Red Breeders’ Association, 
a honk of >omo ,’100 pages, was sent me a 
year or two ago. Any leader of that hook 
would think that the sole object for which 
R. I. Reds were raised was the color of 
their feathers—“a rich red mahogany 
color.” "evenness of color." red C)uills to 
feathers, absence of smut in under color, 
and so on ad libitum and ad nausean! 
In a long article by a woman writer in 
the book. I doubt if the word "eggs” was 
used once, but '‘color” must have been 
used 40 times. The secretary of this 
R, I, Red Association writes me that he 
corresponds with eight foreign countries 
about. R. 1. Reds, and I would be willing 
to bet that he writes "color” 50 times to 
where he writes "eggs” once. But, after 
all is said for the utility side, no real 
S3733. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Wo have over SOO eri-Ulleil Ugliorim, muted to certified 
males from which »f Oder eggs lit 33.00 per setting 
(la c-ir- ', 38.00 pet- lift?; $13.00 per hundred. Also 
a pen of vent-lings, mftiort to certified males at 32 00 
per -.ettunL 37.00 per hundred; live hundred or more 
in one shipment at $6 00 per hundred. 
I.'t-JM I’.M lUiK we have been breeding our strains for 
ov.m so years and that we m eed from only late moulting 
hens. No baby chicks, pullets iu season. No circulars. 
V CORNERS POULTRY FARM 
L. j. wkkd & Sos. Proprietors Bullston Sjm. N. V . 
BABY CHICKS 
100% Live Delivery Guaranteed 
a. t. White Leghorns 
All our baby chicks are hatched from eggs 
of our own host selected prize-winning nnd 
carefully raised stock. Our prices are higher 
than hatcheries selling chicks from eggs 
gathered from random iloeks, but the differ¬ 
ence is made up many times over in the 
amount of eggs produced. 
Our MarCh-Aprii pullets averaged 65% laying 
during the mouths of November-Deceniber. 
From our former customers, we have booked 
a large number of repent orders, if yon want 
quality, writ* us. If you want price, don’t. 
BIRCH HILL FARM. Katonah. N.Y. 
34 YEARS HATCHING EXPERIENCE. As 
a result we hatch chicks the stamina of 
which is excelled by none. Convinced of this 
fact, after recently traveling some 10,000 miles 
on a tour of investigation. 
Now selling Irom $.14 up 
8 Varieties 
Write for catalogue, then iudge for yourself 
where the real place is to buy them. 
Orders from 25 to 25.000 filled in one shipment. 
MANSFIELD HATCHERY, Mansfield, Mass. 
a. B. Hairs Chicks Stand 
for Quality 
Out 2000 S. C. Wh'tf* L/ftjphorn nnd Rbod« Island Red brooders 
(in* '-elected ior viuor. nisc ami typo, and arc the result of 10 
cureful selection Our pen of White taffhow* in the 
K. S'. Stntt* Laying Contest, holds 4ih place for the lat year. 
We lifivo the lartfcst nnd bost-CflUlppcd hatching plant in Con¬ 
necticut. with 40,000‘uptr capacity. All chick? postpaid anti 
safe arrival iruarantccd. Wiite for lUudtiated circular ond 
price a. 
A B. HALL - - Wallingford. Conn. 
Certified 
S. C. White Leghorns 
BELGRADE, Me., Jan. 4, 1922 — 
“Your strain are wonderful layers; 67 
pullets laid 1041 eggs in December, 
averaging 45 a day now, though it has 
been very cold here.” C. H. MILLS. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
AND 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
Baby chicles and hatching eggs from fowls regis 
tered and sealed handed by a State Expert. The 
selection was based on exceptional production, 
size, vigor and beauty of type. 
Write for booklet and prices. 
WHITE SPRINGS FARM. Geneva, N. Y. 
Lord Farms 
Leghorns 
Hatching eggs from fully matured, carefully 
mated, farm raised birds, selected for their 
prolific, laying qualities and vigor. We can 
supply eggs in any quantity in season, from 
our matings of 
S. C. White Leghorns, 
White and Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
Puy-old chinks we can supply in any quan¬ 
tity from our White mid Barred Plymouth 
Rocks and S. C. White Leghorns. 
Write for price list. 
BRANFORD FARMS - Grettn, Cenn. 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
BARRON STRAIN OUT OF IMPORTED BIRDS 
31100 breeders on free farm range, buttermilk fed. 
All mated to cocks and cockerels out of imported 
birds. The finest lot of breeders l ever owned. 
Now booking orders for baby chicks. Feb.. March, 
April, May delivery, lb to 12.(100 weekly. The kind 
that live if given half a chance. Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing now ready in any quantify. My hook. “ Profits in 
Poultry Keeping Solved.” $1. or free with all $10 orders. 
Circulars Free. EDGAR liltIGGS, Box to. Pleas¬ 
ant Valley, S. V. 
Hatching now four days each week. No 
increased charges for early chicks. Same 
Lord quality—Same Lord prices. 
80-page catalog. 
LORD FARMS 
67 Forest St., Methuen, Mass. 
20,000 CHICKS WEEKLY 
SPECIAL PRICE8 FOR APRIL. S. C. While 
. and Brown Leghorn.*). 18c each; $190 per 
1.000. Barred Bocks, !6c. ihoilers, tlo; MOO 
/V«r II per 1,00(1. Also Beds. Wyandottes, Whit* 
Ti-i stUT Rocks, Minoroas. etc *“ 
- „ _ 100 percent lir* deliv- 
ery guaranteed. Prepaid to your door. First 
AT*, hatch due March Uth. Our 12th year. Cata- 
logup and Price List free. 
THE KEYSTONE HATCHERY - Richfield. Fa. 
Mow hooking orders for registered chicks and 
hatching eggs. Discount for advance orders for 
March ami April delivery. 
E. J- WADE, Office, I 658 Lake 51., Depl. 2, Elmira, N.Y. 
Breeders of American S. C. W. Leghorns for past fifteen years 
Won eix ribbons at New York State Fair on four farm 
flecks ’,t the Saratoga County Fan won seven ribbons 
on four farm flock*. One was a special ribbon for h.iv- 
tog the licet farm flock In tbo show of thirty-two docks. 
In exhibition won nine ribbons. The Saratoga County 
Fair Association does not present exhibitors with rib¬ 
bons below- the third pilze. Prices reasonable. Bend for 
circular. Day old clucks a specialty. 
BOY 8. I (IREK Million Spa, M.f , ft 0 Ns. *. fthana }9f* 
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 
Bmurn strain. I4ig, huaky chicks properly hatched. 
Cornell Certified breeders, two to four rears old 
muted with Certified cockurols. S20 per lufl and up 
Extra quality utility stock, with ( ci tified cockerels 
$15, Hatching Kegs. $9. Circnlar fr*e. 
RIVERDALE POULTRY.FARM Cortland. New York 
Big, strong, lively chicks, properly hatched and 
shipped to reach you ready to start growing into 
profitable egg producers. We hatch eggs from culled 
flocks kept on free range. Catalog free. WAYNE 
POULTRY FARMS, W J BUSS. Prop. Box 107 Wooster. Ohio 
Idvldell Farm Standard Quality Chicks 
WOLCOTT. NEW YORK 
From bred to-lny stock. Barron White Leghorns, 
Brown Leghorns. Anemias, Barred Rocks. R. I. 
Reds, 100 p. c. live delivery guaranteed. They are 
bred, hatched and shipped right. Prices reasonable. 
ELMFORD FARM 
Quality Products 
FAIRPORT, NEW YORK 
S. C. White Leghorns 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
“ Cornell Certified ” 
Get your BABY CHICKS and HATCHING EGGS from the 
flock that produced my pens which finished next to 
the top in the Vineland and Bergen County Con¬ 
tests, Also a few choice cockerel- for sale 
J. W. Bottchek - Mt. Holly. N, J. 
GEORGE T. LURK 
13,000 every Tuesday 
How many ? When ? We'll write right 
back whether we can do it or not! 
RED COMB POULTRY FARM 
Breeder of English Leghorns. Hatching Eggs. 
Prices on application. No. 53, R. F 0.1, Lakewood, N. J. 
from direct descendants Tom Barron’s strain of 
England. 8'£ setting of 15; 810 setting of 100. 
Booking orders now. 
ADAMS BROS. FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM Hector, N. Y. 
NOT HOW CHEAP BUT HOW GOOD 
S. C.W. LEGHORN HATCHING EGGS 
Breeding stuck and baby chi* from selected trap-nested 
breeders. Satisfaction or money back 
FIVE POINT LEGHORN FARM. Mt. Ephraim. N. J. 
A GOOD PLACE to gel 
GOOD CHIX and EGGS 
YOU WILL IMPROVE the Egg Production 
of Your S. C. While Leghorns 
by u«iugcockerels tl utnour trap-nested hens. L’rices 
and records as foliows : 180-200-eggs, $4 ; 200-210, 
S5i 210-220. 86; 220-244. $7; sired by males whose 
dams records were not less than 251) Batisfaction 
guaranteed. Valley Egg Farm,Lillie Valley N Y. 
BUYING WITH ASSURANCE 
Ten years S. C. W. Leghorn Brccde* Free farm 
range. Three consecutive years Cornell Certifica¬ 
tion. Our pan finished second in N. Y. Btate Lay¬ 
ing Contest for first yarn . Five of pen have official 
records of 202-214-221-223-230 eggs. Bnbv Chicks 
Hatching Eggs. Circular on request. HILL VIEW FARM 
H. F. HEN0RICKS0N, Bridgehampton. long Island, New York 
EVERLAY LEGHORNS 
Tho beautiful buslnea* hah’ WoudaKul winter lav • 
•r?, &iw white tgtcq, Wort*) ftpimrn Ameri¬ 
can Err Contest! urvatinl wmw»r» Nr** Y otk- 
Chicago. Hardy, vlroroui money malc#r« Stock 
Chicks, ffnipp«4 Vfffl.Y. ivatatoir fr«.». 
EVERLAY FARM Box 26 Portland* Ind. 
From March 1st on, we will have a surplus of 
baby chirks of between two ami tlnee tlmu- .ud 
per week We have been selecting our breeding 
stock for the lust twelve years for certain 
definite results to be obtained, ami they have 
also been certified for three years. Our birds 
are uniform in size, averaging over font- pounds 
in weight, and produce eggs that meet the 
highest market requirements. We receive a 
premium for our eggs in New Vorlt markets on 
account of their good size, shape and white 
shells. Write for prompt, early shipping dates, 
stating your requirements. Price* reasonable. 
GENESEE VALLEY POULTRY FARM. 1.11. Rtbintoo, Castile, N.Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN AND BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK 
BABY CHICKS and HATCHING EGGS 
NEW DORP HEIGHTS Box B Slateii Island. N.Y 
Get my free circular before you order chicks. Tells why 
the BUCK lEGMOKH is the greatest layer and most profit¬ 
able breed on earth. Write today. 
A. E. HAMPTON Box R PITTSTOWN. N. J. 
S. C. While Leghorn Hatching Egg* and Chicks 
Two hundred sixty three to tin «u hundred and four egg- 
M»I'-s l ending our ponh. Prices leaionabl* 
F.W.GEORGE tt SONS Route 2 Vineland, N. J. 
FOIL KA1.R—N, 4 1 . tl lilts I.egliorn day-old chick* 
2" snd ?.'■ cents each: Kegs for hatching, X and in cents 
each. Fine selected breeder*. HAY Yu,L£ KARMg 
Vancrest Poultry Farm 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Single Comb White Leghorn chicks of better qual¬ 
ity at greatly reduced prices. Booking order* for 
March 20th and rest of season. Safe delivery guar¬ 
anteed. Sent prepaid. Frank Van Wagner. Hyde Park, N.Y 
7 l*cn»of 2 nnd a year-old non-setting and large 
producing HENS. Mated to cockerel of high quality 
and vigor—nil IIOijaN Tested. Cnrcfully selected 
EGGS for HATCHING. 
I5E4GS 33 00 26 CHICKS 37.60 
30 " 5.50 50 *’ _ 13 50 
60 *' .... 8.50 100 “ .... 28 00 
tOO “ 16.00 
Flock Matings—31 2 per I 00 EGGS 
J. H. WILSON - .Methuen. Mu**. 
B ltODKFIElD FARMS S. C. White (,<.*h»rni. Cockn 
SOO-cL-g dn NIK. barge, full of pep. High ; 
trap nested. Satisfaction guaranteed, Mirctiim, 
BARRON S. C. White Leghorns 
Cocks, Cockerel*, ®6 to 88 each. Hatching eggs, 
88 per 100: 870 per 1.000. From selected heavy 
producing h*us sired by High pedigreed males. 
G. H. WRAIGHT West. WUIlngton, Coun, 
BABY Barron Leghorn* and Wyandottes, Mottled 
rulrl ,c Anconae, from stock of high egg breeding. 
CHlLKb j,. B. RANSOM 
Geneva, Ohio 
FOR SALE—H«,*tolnixAg; JEOGkS 
from unc. two u|id three ycur-Old Single Comb White 
Leghorn Ileus. Bine Ribbon winners in two contests 
Write for prices. We guarantee satisfaction. 
Locum Grove I’nultry Farm, Morlchc*. 1.. I,, N.Y 
BABY CHICKS s. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
From Cornell Certified Stock, 530 per 100. Selected 
liens, mated with certified cockerels, 520 per 100. 
Price reduced on lata orders. Snow Plumage 
Poultry Farm, LESLIE MOORE. Ellenville, Hew York 
CLARABEN COURT FARM 
Importer* and Breeders 
TOM BARRON S. C. W. LEGHORNS AND 
TOLMAN’S STRAIN WHITE ROCKS 
HATCHING EGGS. BABY CHICKS AND STOCK FOR SALE 
It. G0I.W, Supt. Koalyn. L. I„ X. V. T«t,— Roiljn 98 R 
S. C W. LEGHORNS. BARRED ROCKS. REDS AND BROILERS 
Safe delivery guaranteed. Write for prices. 
C. P. Leister - McAlisterviLle, Pa. 
'IfCS. C. White 
’ AV.*3 L e it h o r n 
Bred-to-lay 
• HIT E* H, Prop., 
Laurel, Delaware 
males head pat t of my pnro BARRON .Strain mating*, 
Pedigrees, 272-2S8. My Third importation. Strong 
chick* and fertile eggs from these and other Leg¬ 
horn matings. Fully guaranteed. 
R. T. EWING - Atlantic, Pa. 
strain. Send for price list 
Boxwood Poultry Farm, 
S. I M. I.ECHIORNS and WHITE HTAXltOTTF.8 at $2.30 nnd 
$ 2 ,76. Place yi’Ur order for Baby Chicks now. Leading 
varieties. Circular free. E. J. Thiel, JWIllcm, X. Y. 
BABY CHICKS—Slone’s S. C. White Leghorns—HATCHING EGGS 
Selccled S. C. While Leghorns 
Buliy chicks, S20 per 100. Hatching eggs, SB par 100 
Cir. free. Mountain View PoultryFarm, Hopewell Jet . N.Y. 
Cornell Certified for the past, 8 years. Many of these high-line hens, 4 years of age 
were certified this past fall for the 3rd consecutive year. 
Cornell Advanced Rejjistry Records for past 2 years. This is the class of stock 
that will be Pedigree Bred this year to our large, deep-bodied, Prepotent Males, which 
keep our stock at the height, of excellency in size, vigor and egg production, and that 
will put your flock on a profit basis. Send for circular. E. R. STONE, Clyde, N. Y. 
