Show the value of n pure lure bred males by byg G E conkey EC prom from wide awake farmers and other owners of poul poultry tri I 1 often hear bear the question does pure bred poul IT ty pay the fact that commercial poultry raisers invariably own flocks locks of pure bred birds should be sufficient answer I 1 do not mean to say that the ovner of ofa a common or mixed flock cannot make money but I 1 do say that he cannot mike as much money as he could if he lie owned pure bred birds besides the additional s itis action faction and interest one gets from and caring for high grade birds makes their possession more thin than worth while it seems that the average poultry ovney does not give proper attention to this important essential of real poultry success or if he does is deterred from replacing his pure bred ones because ho he beeves believes the cost prohibitive howler there is a method of improving ordinary or mongrel flock that costs very little and if your birds are not ot first clas it will certainly pay lea YOU to try it the first requirement is to know finitely what kind of birds you ant want to that is whether you an make mak the most money with one c ine larger breeds beat best suited for meting one of the smaller breeds doted for their high egg production or with th a breed that combines these two iwo nudities ies commonly termed a general purpose or utility b breed reed the ade average poultry owner usually rde 43 the atter class the most profet able and if our local conditions in dacate te that i it t will be so in your case alim are re sev several eral fine breeds auch such as ie e PI plymouth rocks Wyan dottes R p ads d and Orpington a from which 10 make your choice with the breed decided upon the e t step is to secure as many high grade dale male birds of that breed as you all need for breeding purposes T h e ej Y hould should be purchased from some tome breedi r or poultry multry owner on whose word you can rely and you should insist on knowing that they come fron stock that has proven to be great egg producers these new males should be mated to the hens from your our present flock that are best bet suited for breeding purposes in selecting these hens it is important that you ou take only those that are fully matured strong healthy vigorous well shaped and if possible ones that you know to be good layers slitting in this way will produce greatly improved chicks and the improvement pro ement can be further a advanced next season by mating the same wales males to the best members of their offspring the process is aei deiy interesting ana if it the mating is continued en ein season the results will be astonishing Ilo however wever it is seldom advisable to use the same males more than two years for breeding purposes and you should therefore again purchase new males tho the third year to mate to the best females obtained from previous in this way you will soon get got a flock of really high grade birds it must not be assumed from this that the process will eventual result in thoroughbred birds for a small fraction of the original female blood will always be present by high grade birds I 1 mean birds thit that are uniform or nearly so in color size and shape and that for all practical purposes such as tho production of eggs and meat will give splendid satisfaction this general improvement could never be brought about by breeding from ordinary maies males it is a mistake to imagine that just because a rooster is nice looking he will bo be good stock to breed from froin the male is half ball the flock and has an even greater influence over the laying qualities of the offspring than the female and it is therefore important that he is i j healthy strong fully developed well formed specimen of his breed and of good egg producing 1 stock high ar ende arade ade males of this kimi can best be secured at this season of the year as most owners are willing to sell them for less now than during tho the breeding season even idof so their cost may seem high to you but 1 cannot emphasize too s strongly the fact that this cost is small compared with the increased value the birds will bring to your flock in fact it is is safe to say that they will repay their cost the first year the increased profits ho however weer will not be the only advantage secured by having pure bred mal males mals s for as your flock improves it cin can more easily be cared for than a similar number of birds of different habits tastes and habits the food that is best for one bird will be best for 1 I and it will therefore do the most possible good and last but not least is the satisfaction you will get got from owning a flock of uniformly handsome b birds thero there anything you can do at this time that will do more to in crease creage your success and profits in poultry raising than to secure as miny many pure bred males as you will need for breeding breedin sr purposes the coming season they will become tre tye u beurce of generations of future pio dubers that will be a pride to you and t bv w 11 p kiy ay iy a thousand fold en c n the present investment |