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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 24, 
BUILDING UP A STRAIN. 
In my articles in The R. N.-Y. on 
poultry matters, I have written several 
times about some extra nice White 
Wyandotte chicks hatched from eggs for 
which I paid at the rate of $15 per 100. 
These chicks are now six months old; 
the cockerels weigh 8 V 2 pounds, the pul¬ 
lets 6 V 2 . to seven. Altogether they are 
the very nicest White Wyandottes 1 have 
ever seen. They have small and nicely 
pebbled combs, conforming to the con¬ 
tour of the head; beautiful silvery white 
plumage, short orange-yellow legs, and 
the beautiful Wyandotte shape with deep 
full-breasted bodies. In this article I 
purpose to show how this strain was 
produced, and I ask the reader to notice 
the time it has taken, the care and 
thought necessary to produce such birds. 
The breeder writes me: 
Fourteen year ago I bought three sittings 
of eggs from Dr. Howland of Worcester. 
Mass., and got some fine large well-shaped 
birds, but they were very brassy, and I 
mated them with a cockerel of “Promoter” 
strain bought from C. F. Smith of Massa¬ 
chusetts. This bird was very white, but not 
so good in shape; however. I got some very 
good birds from this mating. Next year T 
used a cockerel from W. H. Shute, of Con¬ 
necticut, that was white and very good shape. 
The following year I exhibited at R. I. State 
Fair, and won several premiums, including 
first for best cock, which I traded at tlie 
show for one of the whitest cockerels I bad 
ever seen. He was not only pure white, but 
always stayed "white, the sun never affecting 
his color as it does most white fowls. 11 is 
legs were a deep yellow, and as he had 
a nice shape and fine comb he made a great 
breeder, lie bred more prize winners than 
WHITE WYANDOTTE COCK "CROWN 
PRINCE.” 
any bird I ever owned on account of his 
color, as at that time birds that were pure 
white were not common. I bred from this 
bird three years, and when an old cock he 
won third premium at Boston. The following 
year I showed at the R. I. State Fair, and 
carried off every first prize on only four 
entries. At Westerly, R. I., I also won all 
the first prizes, and the same year won first 
for best pullet at Boston. Then I secured a 
cockerel from a man named Wilson, who 
was well up on White Wyandottes, and bred 
some great birds. This cockerel was very 
large, weighing nine pounds, and great on 
shape and had no black feathers or "flock¬ 
ing,” but he was quite yellow, which I hoped 
to overcome by mating with females from 
my very white bird from Providence. I 
mated these two lines back and forth, and 
the second year produced “Crown Prince.’ 
who won first prize at Westerly, first at Paw¬ 
tucket, first at Fall River and second at the 
great Boston Show, where the judge said 
he would have won first if in a little better 
condition. It is nine years since I produced 
“Crown Prince,” and he is the foundation of 
my present stock. With one strain that 
was very white and one grand in shape and 
size, I started in to "line breed,” and each 
year as the result of careful selection I 
can see an improvement in the general flock. 
My friend Wilson breeds my cockerels to his 
pullets, so when I want a bird from out¬ 
side I can get it without hurting my strain 
The picture of “Crown Prince,” which ac¬ 
companies this article, is a very faithful le- 
production of the bird. 
It may be asked; “What good is all 
this, what do such birds really add to the 
value of poultry in this country?” An¬ 
swering this question from a purely 
practical standpoint 1 would say that if 
all the chicks I have raised this season 
were like these “Crown Prince” stock. 
“I should consider the value of the Hock 
doubled: and I had some pretty good 
White Wyandottes of my own before I 
got these. Just think of the value of 
these birds simply for market. I have 
been getting 16 cents per pound live 
weight for roasting chicks, which would 
make the cockerels worth $1.36 each. The 
pullets are as round-breasted as a part¬ 
ridge, and if dressed for market would 
command three or four cents a pound 
above the highest ruling rates. Then 
beautv has a value of its own. The 
graceful outline, the pleasing contour; 
which excites the admiration of the ob¬ 
server, have an actual cash value far ex¬ 
ceeding the market price for food, some¬ 
times by as much as fifty to a hundred 
fold. 
Mr.- Mapes writes that his son Jesse 
•is raising fancy White Leghorns. I 
used to do it. I know what it is to trv 
to get a comb straight up from the beak 
and head without a fold or wrinkle in it, 
evenlv cut with five points as regular as 
saw teeth, the back of the comb neither 
too low nor too high, wattles long and 
pendulous, ear lobes pure white or 
creamy white; and when out of 500 
voung birds you have perhaps one that 
fdls the bill, to find that he is “squirrel¬ 
tailed” ("tail pitching towards the head), 
or that he is roach-backed or wry-tailed, 
or is under-sized, or some other “out” 
that makes all the good points of no 
value. The ideal of a perfect bird is 
not easy to reach, and that is why birds 
that come close to the standard of beau¬ 
ty, command prices which astonish those 
who know nothing about the business. 
It is the reason also of the pleasure the 
true poultryman takes from day to day 
in seeing his stock develop toward his 
ideal. And the fancier who. by years of 
effort, has succeeded in building up a 
strain which transmits this beauty and 
utility in an increased degree deserves 
not onlv all the emolument he gets in the 
wav of higher prices, but also the honor 
and respect of his fellow-citizens. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Dogs and Sheep. —It seems that tho dogs 
arc a sheep issue everywhere. It) the I acinc 
Homestead S. B. Moss says; “ r l he ‘town 
dogs' have made another raid and lor a 
wonder we happened to catch them in the act 
and before they had time to do much mis¬ 
chief and we succeeded in killing one and 
seriously wounding another, and, as usual, 
the owners took it greatly to heart and pro¬ 
tested that they were ‘only pups’ and they 
didn't see how such mere ‘pups' could kill 
sheep. One of them (the one we killed) had 
been in at least two raids before, helping 
to kill five of my finest ewes and yet he was 
‘only a pup’ and must have been ‘led off’ 
by some hardened criminal of a dog; and 
also in both these cases the ‘pups’ were kept 
just because they were smart dogs and the 
owners look at the sheepowner as though he 
was some bloodthirsty monster, and they the 
real wronged parties. We farmers really 
ought to be glad of the chance to raise nice 
fat mutton for these 'smart town pups' to 
tear and mangle and kill and never to utter 
a word in protest lest we hurt some sap- 
head's feelings.” 
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