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THE MATING OF POULTRY. 
At this season of each year the poul- 
trymau is interested in selecting and 
mating np his breeding pens, for all im¬ 
provement must come that way. The 
first thing to consider is the purpose, 
just what are the definite results you 
are after. The beginner usually has some 
idea in his mind, either feathers for the 
showroom, or eggs and broilers for mar¬ 
ket. Also, the breeder who has been 
working for a dozen or more years 
recognizes certain tendencies in his flock 
which he wishes to correct or change, 
and this must be accomplished by careful 
selection and mating. Whatever yon do 
breed for, utility or fancy points, never 
under any stress of circumstances breed 
from a weak male or female bird, for 
without constitutional vigor you have 
nothing. The only hope for success lies 
in rearing vigorous stock. It is a tre¬ 
mendous drain on a hen’s vitality to lay 
200 eggs in a year, and that is what we 
ask of her. Only one who has followed 
the shows for a few years realizes the 
strain it is on the birds to be cooped 
in the show room. So it comes to this; 
that we must breed vigorous stock, 
whether we are after eggs for market, 
early broilers or fancy feathers for the 
show room. 
Inbreeding and line-breeding should 
be left to the expert and fanciers, and 
the ordinary poultryman should never 
breed closer than two generations; that 
is, use the male birds hatched in 1913 
on the females of 1911 and 1912. Select 
big strong hens, the late Fall layers if 
possible. Never breed from pullets, not 
because of immaturity, but because a 
good pullet that has been bred and fed 
right should begin laying in September 
and lay right through Fall and Winter, 
and has been under this severe strain for 
six months when you first think of sav¬ 
ing her eggs for hatching. The conse¬ 
quence of this is, her vitality is at a low- 
ebb; the eggs test weak, and the chicks 
that hatch have not the strength to live 
and produce healthy birds. I have often 
been asked whether if one had to breed 
from pullets, would It be better to use 
an old male bird, but how can the use 
of an old male bird bring back or restore 
the vitality the pullets have lost by six 
months’ heavy egg production? If a pul¬ 
let does not lay well during those six 
mouths, then she is not the type of bird 
I want to breed from. Only a couple of 
years ago a breeder of a few- years’ ex¬ 
perience said he was going to sell off all 
of his hens, only keeping his pullets, as 
he had found he was keeping his old 
hens for several months at a loss. He 
realized his mistake in a single year from 
the trouble in rearing young stock. The 
greatest obstacle to success in the poul¬ 
try business is in rearing chicks, getting 
enough young stock each year to keep 
the flock where it ought to be. 
Other things being equal, I would use 
a cockerel to breed from every time, pro¬ 
vided he is an early hatched mature bird. 
At one year old he is just in the height 
of vigor, and if kept far enough away 
from the hens they can be kept by them¬ 
selves without fighting, or they can be 
mated as early as prepared. The only 
good argument against using a cockerel 
is that sometimes some defect shows after 
the first month, which could not be seen 
earlier, but they are so much more virile 
and active than older birds that we have 
30 pens this year mated with April- 
hatched cockerels. 
I know it is not “according to Hoyle” 
to discard the males after one year’s use, 
yet my experience has been that they as 
a rule are sluggish, and when you find 
many infertile eggs in your testing, you 
should look for the trouble in the pens 
where you are using old male birds. The 
exception to this rule is where we have 
occasionally such a perfect bird that we 
can afford to mate him with a few hens; 
then I would select a few of the very best 
hens, and keep the chicks separate or 
mark them. There are many signs 
whereby you can recognize a vigorous 
bird. A strong male carries himself 
proudly; he is “monarch of all he sur¬ 
veys.” Crowing is another sign of vigor; 
“scrappiness” is another sign of a desirable 
male bird. There are other signs, but if 
a bird is otherwise what is wanted and 
shows these characteristics he may safely 
be used to breed from. The hen’s actions 
show her vitality; the vigorous hens are 
the most active, first off the roost and 
last to go back at night. Also a happy 
hen singing while at work is a good one 
to breed from. The early and persistent 
layers are always the ones with the 
vitality to use the feed and turn it into 
eggs. FLOYD Z. WHITE. 
Partridge Wyandottes. 
Is the Partridge Wyandotte as good an 
egg producer as the White or Silver 
Laced Wyandotte? G. F. K. 
Wells River, Yt. 
Partridge Wyandottes have not yet 
demonstrated, so far as I know, their 
ability to equal in egg production, either 
the White or the Silver Wyandottes. In 
the egg-laying contest at Mountain Grove. 
Missouri, the 30 Partridge Wyandottes 
averaged in 1912 only 99 eggs. In 1913 
their average was 110 eggs. The Silver 
Wyandottes in the same years averaged 
100 and 172 eggs; being exceeded in 1913 
by the White Leghorns, with an average 
of 173 eggs. In the contest at Stores, 
no Partridge Wyandottes were entered. 
The one pen of five Silver Wyandottes 
laid 783 eggs; an average of iso.6 per 
bird. Of course these figures do not ab¬ 
solutely prove that Partridge Wyandottes 
are always inferior to the other breeds 
named as egg producers, but they give 
us all that we have to judge by; and 
herein lies one of the values of egg-laying 
contests. gfo. a. cosgrove. 
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Burnett’s S. C. Black Minorcas 
14 years popular. White Turkeys—famous in 
America ami England. Rhode Reds stand without a 
fear. Pekin Ducks second to none, save witli us. 
COI.DKNHAM POULTRY YARDS 
W L. BURNETT, Prop . - Montgomery, New York 
EZRA C. CARTER, Marathon, N. Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN BREEDER 
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S. C. Buff ORPINGTONS 
scientifically line-bred for 10 years to develop size, 
color and heavy egg-production, as well as prize- 
winning qualities. Sunswick Orpingtons are 
great utility fowls. Cockerels make fine, large 
broilers and capons. Hens are great layers. 1,000 
yearling fowls now for sale at very reasonable 
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SUNSWICK POULTRY FARM 
Rufus Dclafield, Owner Box N SOUTH PLAINFIELD. N. J. 
WORLD'S CHAMPION LAYERS. 
Experts state this to be the most profitable poultry in 
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E. B. THOMPSON S 
“RINGLET” Barred Rocks 
ARE THE STANDARD BY WHICH ALL OTHER 
BARRED ROCKS ARE JUDGED 
They have won more 
than double the number 
first prizes at Madison 
Square Garden, New 
York, than any other 
strain. 
2000 Grand COCKERELS 
and PULLETS 
for sale 
Catalog upon application 
Eggs, $IO per Sotting; S60 per 100 
Address E. B. THOMPSON, Lock Box 22, AMENIA, N, Y. 
I Single Comb White Leghorn 
FOR HATCHING 
From LAURELTON Layers. Bred for 
superior egg production and combining the 
finest strains of English and American 
blood. 
$10.00 per hundred; $80.00 per thousand 
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LAURELTON FARMS 
Box A Lakewood, New Jersey 
The Reliable Spring Water Strain 
, Single Comb White Leghorns 
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Day ohl Chicks, Eggs for Hatching. No order is to 
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! SPRING WATER POULTRY FARM. STOCKTON, N. J. 
Gibson Strain Day-Old Chicks 
We ship lively, hardy chicks from our 
strain of large size, vigorous breeding 
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horns. Barred Plymouth Rocks and 
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ings and prices of Baby Chicks Eggs for Hatching, 
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GALEN FARMS. G. F. Gibson, Owner, Orawer G. CLYDE, N Y. 
50 BOSE COM3 RED COCKERELS- t A h ^°^ 
those that won bine or red ribbons at Trenton, 
Mount Holly, Bridgeton or Camden this season. 
Price, $3 to 510 each. Can be returned if not as re¬ 
presented. A fow hens and pullets for sale. Eggs 
for hatching. ROANOKE POULTRY FARM. Sewell. N. J. 
PEN-Y-BRYN FARM 
Breeders of Bred-to-Lay 
S. C. W. Leghorns 
White Wyandottes 
Imperial Pekin Ducks 
White Indian Runner Ducks 
Rouen Ducks 
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now for Eggs, Our Ducks are winners at Al- 
Chicks a nd lentown, Hagerstown, Pliila- 
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F. A. TIFFANY, Supt., Box 36R, Ambler, Pa. 
W E have a flock of 3a0 famous 
Harmony Park White Orping- 
SPECIAL SALE tons housed here to accommodate 
a friend. Flock consists of cocks, 
hens, cockerels and pnllets. They 
are all fine birds—some of them 
worth $30 & $40 each. Will make a 
special price to anyone taking the 
whoie lot. Weneed the room forour 
DrninO'tniK °' vn " r * te for particulars. 
U I |J Mlg I Uil o WIL BURTHA FARMS 
Box R Trenton Junction, N. J. 
PARTRIDGES l PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game. Wild Turkeys. Quails, 
Kilobits, Deer, etc., f or stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants. Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Beautiful 
Swans. Ornamental Geese and Ducks. Foxes. 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and ail kinds of birds and 
animals. Wi>T. J. MACKI5NSKN. Natural¬ 
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Int’l Egg-Laying Contest 
COLONIAL REOS WIN over every American entry of the 
American breeds. Our pen of Reds, single comb, bent 
averaged each fbr the year, 194 EGGS Official record. 
We offer EGCS FOR hatching, from our pedigreed 
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their subscribers. Shipments made to forty six States the 
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PFILE'S 65 Varieties 
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The famous Vibert flock of beautiful, brilliant, glow¬ 
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