Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-02

know which particular shade produces
the finest color when Grown.
No BLACK TAILS.
think every writer or breeder of
! nun CoChlns who ever WrHI. uu color
Of Buns advocated re- UUI. hWUl In
/ wings and tail Tor The beet rurIfs u
breeding Tor color, until from actual
experiments ! learned tho worry worst
| thing a breeder could dH Nla tI nurse
/ black in wings ana tall IH. block IIat
| was false one and Z uEUIHIUI 10
| through the poultry PROSE.
| Aftrr stating my reasons why black
| was Just az obicctlunlhl. lH any other
/ foreign COLOR ami worse than white.
/ the last standard was WuI. tp read thlt
/ black Ur white wis tI Doe considered
! equally Objectionable. N..t mover
] yUt heard of any writer huF who adj.
| vucatUd line breeding ua iH. UHiy HlfF
| method Tor produclus nuH Dl'lfHI
| rpnDImens. They go advise caution Iu
l Introducing new blood into any uUHs
/ They Huy. FIRST select female from
some other strain and urUHU tu A male
] NJ your own strain. th.H .....f male
l fr"H thla mating o. lr..I H females
| " your original strain, thus Introducing
! BOO. t small amount ut '.."IHu blood.
| I know from experience IuHf DO allowed
] Co select such breeders Ha 4 WI Hn. Z can
l produce Just nH fine colo. Nr % radical
| cross ua any other breeder can do uy
! llHH breeding. ] know what D am talk
l Ing about Ou this subj re- UH j have
] Hun CoghluR only. J have not learned
| enough about
PLYMOUTH ROCKS
| 90 do ro yet but am fully persuaded
l % breeder can study the good and bod
| points uf this or amy other brrHl until
| Doc can do the same with them. liy carve
] ful study ana mating have
] produced "a good per cont uf
/ clear wings ana some clnpr tuils gu
] hun CoChlnH ~ luNt waters Salt Lake
| show, ! placed on exhibition % pullUt
] black Boz any section, SHE was sound
/ color Anyone bus fiupI0r cannot
! know the 10y derived from breeding a
] specimen perfect ln sections where pUr-
/ fccuun iH poo dlmcult Go attain. Tho
I moro difficult The problem, The
l you master the work You
/ win always enjoy examining "a per.
! inct COlurnd specimen, the moro ru when
| you realize how difficult they arv 90
| breed. ~ you take iiuu Cochin with
/ sound uudurpulur no blue ur smoky
shading aud no llEht showing ln UNDER
/ color lu any section, you VIII have "a
] good breeder no matter from what
l strain you hui such a bird, The reason
some breeders who think they know
HOW TO NATE
their birds. yet fan 90 Improve their
] breeding, ls they do not know Just
] where tu ma 400 the small defects s
| Hpurlmru may ba tinted with bad color
] N"t SOME very careful breeders viii
! overlook the defect AMI thyy wonder
/ why their mating was not success.
| Examine every section very closely sud
uu NOT FORGET the underyulur.
IhH standard D. very particular IN
/ calling Tor tho most perfect develop
mrut NJ form, ! think every breed dee
scrlnrl lu The standard tp De- perfect
must have fun breast and more points
are allowed ON shape than color. N "a
! specimen o. standard form, 10 ~ plain
60 Hyu u VIII be- stronger. moro prolific,
ana better than any ono Of tho inferior
form. Those Wcl built fowls are tho
practical fowls, Al animals show their
breeding and the
FINEST BRED ANIMALS
are always tho brat and most practical.
by careful breeding. tho domestic hen
and duck viii lay Elk to twelve Times
the number Of eggs in g year that those
In their Wild state VIII lay This shows
what change careful handling viii pros
duuc.
Keeping Individual records o. the prop
or method 60 follow Tor any breeder
Co know Tor certainty which hens are
/ profitable ANA which are dronrH. Nearly
| lll hrctalnrH are Matching eggs from
thulr poorest uH well As their best lHy %
rtH. The last Tow years u number of
| record contests have been held. Last
year Farm Poultry held q contest and
then offered prizes Tor tho best essay
written hy tho breeders who kept IN
! divllunl records. Tho uwt prize was
Won by Sir. ~, j, Hewitt, OF ogden. 1
! have not the time this evening to geye
| n description uf tho individual records.
trap nests. etc., but would suggest tho
association have Str, Hewitt prepare a
| paper on this very Important subject,
II VIII show that Uyury breeder Of fowls
has some hens laying nearly double
the number uf eggs than others ln the
same lock This iH the road tu future
Improvement in the practical way.
PURE MALE BIRDS.
Every farmer or person who breeds
even tCw chickens should always have
pure breed males tu head their nocks.
and the male should be selected be-
cause NJ his fuo form and sprlghtly
actions. lie should be strong. vlg-
urouH bird. such birds can be- pur-
| chased from amy fauulcr or breeder of
thoroughbred fowls ut small cost They
are not show birds, but ON account VI
their careful breeding have am the
! good points except color, hence from "A
| practical point they bro as good for
! CROSSING nr market breeding as tho
show prize winners, This ls where the
iancier benefits the market breeder ana
also whore the market poultrymau
helps the fauClor
The state Of rtnh has paid OUT thou
sands uf dollars tu encourage the sugar
industry appropriations have been
| made ana large sums OF money OK
! pended 10 exhibit 60 the outside world
the wonderful mineral resources OF our
State. Thousands NJ dollars are OK
pended annually 90 protect our ash ana
game, Thousands ~ dollars worth ot
/ printing has been sent out. telling OF
the beauties and pr1ductiytness 0f our
mountain valleys. Thousands OF dollars
have been spent iu this city during tho
past few months 10 show how "a build
Ing can be beautiful with salt
BONUSES AND BoUNTEs
have bccn given % numerous enter
prises and industries, yet there Is ono
Industry neglected Tor which our dry
climate a. especially adapted, the yearly
product Of which amounts 90 more than
an tho gold and silver out put OF Ia,
mines OF the entire United States com,
/ blned.
our State and counties approprlnt,
money annually 10 horticultural
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