HISTORY OF ANCONAS 
65 
or have birds that are not equalled for 
beauty, quick development, hardiness 
and easy keeping, just try a few An- 
conas. A comparison alongside of any 
other breed will convince a possible 
doubter, that we have not made an 
exaggerated statement in the forego¬ 
ing. 
Pac'fic Poult rycraft: 
No breed of fowls ever became such 
a great favorite with so little exploit¬ 
ing, as has the Anconas. 
During the past few years Ancona 
breeders have been awake to their op¬ 
portunities, and the results have been— 
1. Anconas in the show room are one 
of the leading classes, and at many of 
the largest shows of the country lead 
all other breeds in number. 
2. The Ancona breeders are organ¬ 
ized better than are most fanciers, the 
best of good fellowship and harmony 
prevails, and co-operation is manifest. 
3. Anconas have their own publica¬ 
tion, The Ancona World, which is the 
club’s official organ. This magazine 
has not skipped an issue since it was 
founded in April, 1910. 
4. Several fine color-plates of An¬ 
conas have been issued, and innumer¬ 
able engravings published. 
5. An illustrated history of the breed 
in substantial book form is now sold 
by all rou'ti-y publicat ons, news stand j 
and book stores. 
6. There are more state Ancona 
shows, annual state meets and clubs 
than of any other breed. 
7. Anconas hold several world’s rec¬ 
ords, both in private flocks and in na¬ 
tional contests and experiment station 
trials. 
8. Anconas are now probably the 
best advertised breed of fowls, by dis¬ 
play and classified advertisements in 
poultry and live stock publications, 
special articles, news items, illustra¬ 
tions, breeders’ catalogs, circulars and 
printed stationery, club literature, lan¬ 
tern slides, and specialty magazines. 
With all these forces at work the An¬ 
cona is now a leader. For several 
years the demand for breeding stock, 
hatching eggs, and baby chicks has 
been greater than the supply, and the 
breeding of Anconas has been extend¬ 
ed faster than any other breed. We 
can see no reason for any other con¬ 
dition to arise for years to come. 
These are times when much is being 
said and done about food production, 
co-operative marketing, and the high 
cost of foodstuffs. But the greatest 
factor is the economy of production, 
and here is where the Anconas have 
everything else beaten, for it has been 
demonstrated times without number, 
and on the best known authorities, that 
Anconas produce eggs at the least cost 
per dozen of any breed of poultry. And 
not only do Anconas produce the great¬ 
est number of eggs to the hundred 
pounds of feed, but their eggs weigh 
more ounces to the dozen. Now that 
eggs will surely be sold by weight in¬ 
stead of by count in the not distant 
future, and the price of poultry feeds 
is sure to remain very high, the Ancona 
pays the best profit over any other 
breed known. 
In beauty Anconas are excelled by 
no other fowl, and this appeals to many. 
No other breed produces eggs at so 
early an age, as it is not uncommon 
for Ancona pullets to begin laying at 
four to five months old. 
The Ancona will not lay a brown egg, 
nor will one carcass make a dinner for 
eight people, but those are the only 
functions where the Anconas will not 
do the same as any other fowl, and 50 
to 75 per cent better. 
The past and present performances 
of the mottled Ancona is positive proof 
that their future is assured, and that 
the wider and better they are known 
the more popular they will become. 
