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HISTORY OF ANCONAS 
all times. Good fertility cannot be had 
if birds are neglected until just before 
breeding season; it is usually too late 
then to get them into good form. Be¬ 
gin to get your birds into trim for next 
year as soon as you are through breed¬ 
ing this year. 
ANCONA MATING 
(By H. Ranee, England) 
I was a small back-lot breeder, only 
having a garden, until I had won near¬ 
ly three hundred prizes. I am sure a 
hack-yarder has quite as good or bet¬ 
ter chance than larger breeders for 
keeping exhibition birds in order. 
I always like to breed from hens two 
years old, but they must have been 
good as pullets. I am sure of this,— 
a hen or cock that is good in the first 
year, and molts well, contains the stuff 
that produces the best generation after 
generation, and if you have this quality 
don’t lose it, but be sure to make the 
best of it. 
First see that the hens are good 
shape, because shape is all important. 
Next see that she is endowed with the 
proper tipping,— clear white as pos¬ 
sible and as even as you can get it. 
Evenness and clearness should be se¬ 
lected in preference to size of tipping. 
If hens have a little extra white in tail 
or flights this need not worry you, pro¬ 
viding they were good as pullets, and 
the white is clear. If flight or tail 
feathers are grisley the birds are cer¬ 
tain to breed a lot of bad ones, and 
if this defect occurrs in any quantity, 
however good the bird is in other 
respects, I would never breed from it. 
Leg color must be good, yellow mot¬ 
tled with black. 
The under color of the entire pen 
must be sound, and dark as possible. 
This is of great importance. We real¬ 
ly don’t want birds tipped at both ends 
of the feathers. 
ANCONA BOOSTER FUND 
The expense of conducting Club af¬ 
fairs does not leave any considerable 
amount of Club funds to be expended 
for new channels of Ancona Boosting, 
therefore a Booster Fund has been 
established, and all interested breeders 
are asked to contribute to this fund 
any amount they will from one dollar 
up. Send your contribution to Club 
Secretary, Roy W. Van Hoesen, Frank- 
linville, New York. 
Whenever there is money available 
in this Booster Fund, Ancona Booster 
Advertising is carried in different pub¬ 
lications, and various opportunities for 
promoting the interests of all Ancona 
breeders a^r made available. S ~c ■ 
Boosting is not confined to any section 
of the country, but is scattered so that 
all Ancona breeders wherever tie ' 
may b~ ioc°t e d b° lmn Q ftted 7 
is to the mutual advantage of all An¬ 
cona breeders and fanciers to support 
this Booster Fund, and thus have a 
continuous campaign of Ancona Boost¬ 
ing in progress. 
THE BREED SUPREME 
Hardy • Beautiful • Popular 
P RODUCE eggs at least cost per 
dozen. Lay more eggs—consume 
less feed than any other breed. 
Excel as winter layers. 
Lay very large white eggs. 
The greatest profit in Poultry is now 
being made from Anconas. 
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