HISTORY OF ANCONAS 
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Were it not for organization all the 
Ancona boosting that would be done 
in the world would be through the ad¬ 
vertisements and catalogues of breed¬ 
ers. It takes little imagination to pic¬ 
ture how flat Ancona business would be 
and how little progress the breed 
would make, if such a condition pre¬ 
vailed. It would mean no ribbons, no 
medals, no meetings, no boosting liter¬ 
ature, no fellowship, no promoting, no 
data preserved, no progressive Stan¬ 
dard maintained, no breed advertising, 
no errors corrected, no exhibitions nor 
laying contests encouraged, no place to 
go for Ancona helps and information, 
nothing but chaos so far as Ancona 
affairs are concerned. 
Membership in the Club marks the 
breeder as progressive and having a 
wider vision than that bounded by his 
own back lot. The very act of co¬ 
operating with others for the advance¬ 
ment of the Ancona cause is worth the 
cost to every Ancona breeder. But the 
material gain to breeders who belong 
to the Club is worth while, as every 
member receives The Ancona World 
free, has their name and address listed 
in the Annual Year Book and gets a 
copy of the book, and receives Club 
Ribbons and Medals for winning on 
Anconas at the shows, and the cost is 
but $2 per year. 
A person in buying stock and eggs 
from Ancona breeders should see if 
they are listed as members of the Club, 
as it is safer and more satisfactory to 
deal with people who are progressive, 
and imbued with the spirit of co-opera¬ 
tion and are fair enough to support a 
Club that does so much for their busi¬ 
ness. 
The present position of Anconas in 
the front ranks of poultrydom is due 
to the activities of the United Ancona 
Club. The Club members are scatter¬ 
ed through all the States of America, 
and Provinces of Canada, as well as 
many foreign countries. They are the 
cream of the Ancona fraternity; they 
are the breeders who are doing things, 
and can be relied upon. 
The purpose of the Club is to do 
everything it can for the good of our 
mutual cause, and such is the purpose 
of those breeders who join in main¬ 
taining the Club. 
No breed of poultry ever gained 
prominence without the activities of a 
Specialty Club composed of the breed¬ 
ers interested. Therefore the Ancona 
breeders are united in this Club to pro¬ 
mote their mutual interests, by encour¬ 
aging larger Ancona classes at all 
poultry shows, awarding Club Ribbons 
and medals, getting Ancona entries in 
Egg Laying Contests, assisting in or¬ 
ganizing and maintaining State Ancona 
Clubs, creating and distributing An¬ 
cona literature, maintaining a proper 
Standard, promoting fellowship among 
Ancona breeders, and making the 
breeding, raising and selling of Ancona 
stock, eggs and chicks more profitable. 
The cost is only $2.00 per year, and 
includes a free subscription to The An¬ 
cona World magazine, which has been 
published continuously for over a doz¬ 
en years; regular subscription price 50 
cents. Every Club member has name 
and address published in the Year 
Bock, and recives a copy of the book: 
the book sells for 50 cents. Club mem¬ 
bers receive a Club Ribbon for every 
