Show standard varieties of chickene Chic kenA in ila mating drown brown leghorns Leg horns opposites must be considered should the male lie ic line in all points except comb or r leg select females strong in this point to mate with him the most successful breeders bleeders bre eders use a double mating one ona pen to produce exhibition birds of each sex fine birds both cockerels cockerell cocker els and pullets can be bred from the same pen by using slightly different types of females the same male often will breed the finest of 0 both exhibition cockerels cocker els and pullets but it Is a rare case to have a fe male breed both sexes ot of a remarkable quality when two pens are used at the head of 0 the pen mated to produce the cockerels cockerell cocker els place a fully devela developed aped cock with no serious fault standard color especially strong in comb lobe hackle and saddle a dark preferred to him mato mate hens of a shade darker than standard with small evenly serrated standing combs a trifle brick on wings Is no objection as it t will give a brighter color on wing bows of the coc ketels shafting on oil the back will also help that black stripe in ila the saddles the pullets raised from this pon pen will be too dark for exhibition but they will be a great help in breeding cockerels cockerell cocker els the next season the male at the head of the pen mated to produce the pullets should bo be from a pullet strain and bred directly from an exhibition hen his color is a trifle a whole herd into ravenous chicken 1 eaters being troubled in this way r tried the following A leather blind wide enough to cover both eyes sad and long enough elou h to come well over the fan was cut from an old boot leg th chicken thief was then caught anil and putting pulling the cars forward the top cor col J ners of the blind were fastened to then them by means of 0 pinchers pin pinc chers liers and rings bueb BUC as are put in the snouts of pigs to pre vent rooting this blind will not pre vent the hog hoe trona from seeing ills legitimate food but it does pre prevent vent him seeing chickens chick cna unless they art arb under his very nose and then it lie he attempts attempt i pursuit the chances ai are re that ho be bring i contact with tin his nose in violent obstruction A fence or some other few such lessons and he concludes that i he Is no longer partial to chicken A mouth of leather specs cured our most ravenous thief and by blinding ring leaders the whole teni held the only ved well belil believed was soon as docile as porkers corkers should be |