Show s i gaw liasse liaise N I 1 r esst VS St louis mo I 1 tt esa 1 dr df legear is a graduate rad 1 ate of trie ahe rh 0 ontario kin n tario 0 veterinary college co ge 1892 thirty i six years of 0 veterinary practice or on diseases ot of live stock acma poultry eminent authority on poultry and r stock raisin nationally known poultry breeder si noted author 2nd and lecturer 1 dar K I 1 once heird heard a certain so social r al up B lift society described as aa WI au organ in which a lot of old hens got together and laid plans for up everybody but the ones that needed it moat themselves however that may be I 1 happen to know that there is many an organization ot of hens iu this country today that could stand a lot of intelligent tell igent uplifting I 1 am re referring firring to h heue jas in the literal sense how lever ever having in mind the scores of poultry flocks to be found everywhere many of these theae hocks flocks can be b improved lu iu but one way they should be sold to the butcher and replaced with good standard follows allowe ol lowe many such flocks could ba b greatly improved with careful hand band ling however many owners of mongrel flocks are dissatisfied they icaline they could do better with purer strains but cannot dispose of heir present flocks to good advantage nor can they afford to make any considerable investment for new stock for such buch owners the process of mating known as grading up offers a way out grading up is accomplish ed by selecting the best mongrel i ot of orae cue breed out of your flock and nd mating them with standard bred males of the same breed the resulting chicks will be known as grades the first geue gratiaa will contain 50 per cent pure blood and 50 per ceru mongrel blood then through the use ol of pure gum bred males with females of in tr easing purity fowls of the fifth g generation will be approximately 97 9 7 per cent pure blood aud arid 3 per cent grade blood while I 1 say eay that this method of improving an inferior flock Is practical I 1 biver dver dv ad ylse ilse it unless the program la is go lug bag to be carried through all the way I 1 can imagine Ima gireD no greater pleasure however than that enjoyed by the man or woman who perseveres aud seg sees effort crowned with success it is not an easy one for several reasons eternal vi ilabee is necessary chicks must be watched closely aud aid those that do not conform to desired standards must be eliminated males with grade blood should be marketed markt ted above all things malinge should be cave carefully fully controlled and results closely checked to malce make sure that the breed Is always in the right diorec tiou 1 this system is not for the one erne who wants to see results result quickly the better plan is to leave to professionals fessio nals such intricate problems as are involved tra iri scientific mating and breeding few amateur poultry raisers have the time or inclination to devote to the study and care demanded by the grading up process for all except the experimenter peri menter the ideal plan is to dispose ot of the mongrel mon rel stock to your butcher and in invest iest in thoroughbred chicks from some reliable hatchery obviously this means starting all over w again ain but you get results in far less IMS time thau thard by any grading up process and results are infinitely more satisfactory you can choise the breed or variety that suits yow fancy caney and be reasonably sure of getti getting tag what you want without waiting tor for several generations to mature if you want to maintain a reasonably high stata standard dard in your tour flock you must irefully cre fully select the ancestors of future generations A good motto is a 0 buy the best and breed them better or you can buy standard bred baby chicks each year mid aud do away with breeding as a a great many are now doing you must follow approved methods ol of housing feeding mating breeding wad aid genral general care much more could be said on the subject of improving flocks but space la 13 lacking in an article of this nature I 1 shall lithall therefore add just one more MOM thought culess you desire to constantly better the flock you have better sell it and turn to s ame some other breed la poultry raising as lu ii everything else we either go forward or slip backward there la Is no standing still to slip back means wasted time vad and money to go forward meads not only money gained but something ta finitely finer than that the joy ot of having made something in tim th world a little better than you found it if therefore we cannot all start out with thoroughbred flocks let us tra start a little uplift movement in our poultry yards as well as in our slums |