| Show HASTINGS ADVISES THE F NE KIND OP OF CHICKEN TO KEEP selection of the breed always a momentous problem to the be beginner ginner in the business of poultry raising t 1910 1210 by american I 1 ress ass aado I 1 selection of the breed of TUB poultry is always a momen toua problem to tho the beginner there are re some poultry breed era ers and far too many farmers who mike ke tub problem of breed selection a continual one and are always changing or ending sinding for a sitting of eggs of some ll 11 newly ad breed of poultry or roosters ro with iab the hei neighbors labors such fickleness of cour course pret tilts all pro progress gresi for those tio ho ire are breeding brevi ling standard r trin dard bred poultry und and w s lose hoje main object in beeping keeping la is to aln tho prizes at nt tho the shows mid and thereby liell stock tock to und and other breeders le toe aelem ua tion of bred 1 Is a most important ques que tion could collid one alanm select the breed Is to be popular firo or ten 3 eurs ears hence making maling money in poultry breeding would be an all easy p problem rob indeed we ue could it all 11 get rich if we knew the I 1 future but as it 19 1 te t e 0 f Y 4 WHITE COCK cocy majority of those who tie tle to novel and huntr untried led proposition propositions who whither ther it be in fancy POUl poultry tr or mining stock get the worst arst of the tile deal 1 the I he to fo JN awing ing general statement may be laid do down n as us it safe hate guide poultry show and the tile poultry fanciers area are I 1 usually sel several erill yeara years ahead of the t farmer in their breed fancies uncles hence I 1 the man who ho selects the afi of which are steadily gaining i I 1 ground among the breedl bre edera rs will have good hancs s of undine a for his 1 am the carmera a few I 1 years hence but of course ill his chances I 1 of lillig 10 to other vanclera Jan fanciers clera wili d m good as the tile mau n walo takes I 1 up with new breeds still earlier in the game grime the reader roust not interpret 1 me to me in that poultry breeds como come and und go 90 fill do fashions in indies hats they anre rather more like men lothes tire mome hanged changes of fis f 1 blon but a few lending leading types 1 which ilich hold their own pretty well ell from beir to year popularity of breeds poultry breeds are supposed to differ in form and habits nalle the varieties of tach breed differ in file coloring of 0 f the plumage the follon lug IlIg list will gh an lafi of hc leading breeds of 4 us judged ba b tile numbers ex at fit ulious and anti dit IE in adang leading adl ng poultry in this listing still the tile gain games buil li inie lile le been it us 4 t the he bru of thlu 1 class hate little interest to the tile poetical poultry lugui plymouth hocks rocks vyan wyan dott bottea Legli I ortis lang shau 4 MIti orias Ur alimus Cohl cochins ns hamburg m polish find indian gaines plymouth hocks 4 rank white and hun iluff in the popularity rity of these thice pes are shown in more nearly eti een ber thin thill in the tase of Wyan dottes where the whites are exhibited more numerously than tho the I 1 other fire or six les put together among the tile leghorns Leg horns borns the single comb white 1 14 now easily tap tb leading variety though a 8 few years ngo brown I 1 warp ere the more popular tint tivit the depre re preen tat loll 1011 of breeds breedon on farina in 1 ulof different from that of thi th how room will MH be readily seen f r 1 I the tile following percentage of hr brt vms on fa faim m 4 which the writer riter ill HI while poultry imn in at tit the van nn la a station liand I 1 kirri d almouth PI Il mouth rocks 45 per cent brov brown n begho ns 12 per cent bl ik I lang alig hine 10 pr per cent white L 14 horns 8 per cent I 1 igat ns 4 t 1 pr r cent NN white bate plymouth klucke 2 0 1 put buff ily plymouth mouth cocks rocks 2 per tiit ill white alte Wyan dottes 2 pr wr cent JIM 1 r arlet les and find roon Inon greis grets 14 per nt for those who are to consider nelder ro tin tilt ceding I of poultry bior fuai m r me tile follon following ing tanking of breeds by poultry pit bikers lera n hlll III not be without interest ph th hocks Wyan dottes indian I 1 games 11 lians leghorns Leg horns brahmin mongrels the raul of the breeds of poul tr foi fol t tn g production lq 1 quite different from froin the tile popularity in the show room or among the market men inen who co consider nilder the carca s s of the fowl A AJ 4 I 1 Is generally known le leghorns horns are tho beat in liters ers and the single comb white leghorn chlell ch letl because they are more readily bred true to type la Is the mos variety the main bone of contention in the choice of a breed wr r commercial poultry beeping keeping seems to bo be bean between eon white kept for egg production and plymouth hocks rocks aitu Wyan dottes inland reda or other general purpose fowls at the present bilue the latter type of fowls Is more popular upon the general farm the tile leghorns are tire gaining in popularity how however evir and will probably continue to do so as the use of incubators and public hatcheries increase the leghorn has a much smaller carcass and hence there Is not so aa much income from front the sale tale of young cock carels and old hens Is a matter of fact the smaller size of the leghorn to ton I 1 Is not as much of an all argument against the breed as Is commonly sup post posed d for Leg leghorns bortis eat less food occupy IN less house room and when hen not confined are better hustlers and secure a larger portion of their living off tho tile range than do the larger breeds of chickens A more important objection to leghorn Is that artificial incubators and br brooders ders are necessary to keep up the flock dock again Leg leghorns borns are mild und and anti thinly feathered and if III treated and poorly housed the egg 3 beld illy in winter will b be less th in that of the general purpose fowl leghorns Leghorn 4 when kept in large dumb numbers ers by those who give careful attention to poultry keeping can be made very ery profitable but for the reasons just given the farmer or the beginner at poultry keeping should be slow in taking up this breed strain or family important lu IU tin the mind of those who are not experienced in binim 11 breeding too much stress N laid upon the breba and not consideration given to of part particular loular families famille s or dorilu l of the breed the reason for this wll bet zo clear ahon aho vho it 1 jap 1 plumed I 1 that t the e majority of of our common brec breeds da ot of poultry lime 1 originated I 1 in the last forty years and tine been 00 tm tc d chiefly for fenters fent reath hrs rather lhnn fur for egg yield or general igor ilaa does 10 not mean that pure brid MH be any less as 1 it und and egg producer than mixed or arub n rub thickens chickens on the thie oth r bemi inn ird bred poultry are ark better fit f ully lepoint lew point thin scrub thrall i hl k us 4 but one strain of a bred bre d in mi 1 bf be vl rigorous gorou growers and excellent I 1 invers 4 vaille another flock of the inin hrpa rel dubosc ho ae ancestors have been alitt dotted nath regard to imants ienir bo be poor in these it kles ie 4 I 1 r lining test of n few lots from dirt r atit tit in bi ds of for bovit lq are of little vilu it in tit 1 1 th the e worth wo rth of bri i 04 0 4 for it N quite possible that h in it a good train of tilt poor breed may exit 41 t at poor lot of the best breed and tile results of uch tich tests test q be exactly opposite to the real truth for this reason I 1 confider tons con lder Rider the majority of the breed tests as ns published by poultry 1 pipers and government experiment stations ns of little value in australi Awit rall i bou however ever the be goreau government has conducted egg laying tests on oil such a large scale and with pens emend from froin hundreds of different breeders that the livern average 90 of their results rewn 1 worthy of more considers consi consideration dern tion 1 I 1 lie ranking of the three le leiding bleds in eilf australian tests Is single conil coul white reg es horns borns black arping tons silver Wall dottes it should be stated however hat that barred plymouth ku ks hite wyandotte Wyan dottes and it ithone bode t hillid kids 4 the he favorite general purpose I 1 at amerian breeds tire practically unk unknown nIl lu in australia principles of breeding simple the art of freeding fancy poultry la is lesa complicated than maur old breed ers A have us to believe va ricus go called systems of breeding breedl ns have been and much talked about but any breeder having a thorough ibn roush knowledge of the desirable points in the 1 and who ubo br breeds eed from froin me file best ba has about all till the necessary essary inbreeding means the matins of but because individuals that are tire related of 0 the analog taken from hu bu man relationship a n deep seated se cited popular exists this cus foin inbok 1111 dang ji 1 the and dinv of any rhe cwi on for this is beekil outside qu are not brought in to int inter erfert feri alth ith family tri lt hence the inbreeding In breedin of fonis or other alilin alq hit wit have a tend tendency erics 4 5 t 1 ilok ilo K torvald some weakness or disease result 1 4 in production of still offspring so thit the v soon die dle ou out t on the other liand the he br bret etling ding of related stock vitt 14 1 4 ilg lorous orous will MR re milt in ili the lii creise of f he herlth and vi anut nd orld the tion of what pi r gjoa od points it may bosq possess ess in primo it Is uell to breed related 14 for three or four generations and then brins bring in some fresh blood but the miscellaneous introduction of nea blood ds as practiced by farmers w m no ro abet et roosters every year pr a c tir nill kiah prevents all improvement ent of the flock |
