The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-15
Poultry Raising-Keep Only One
Breed.

An inquirer proposing to go into poui-
try keeping with view of raising fine
fowls 10 sell at fancy prices" asks If
it is better to raise just one kind or keep
several kinds, so as to be able to meet
a purchasers choice.
OF course there are two sides to this
question. and perhaps it is not easy to
decide positively which is the better for
any particular case. 1t would seem that
in making a business of fancy poultry,
that is to supply others with a start,
rather than that of merely raising eggs
and meat for consumption, that II would
be better to raise two or three, or even
more of those breeds that divide popular
favor than to contine ones self just to the
kind that he thinks is the best. AS
rule we believe it has been found that in
the long run the man that gives his
best attention to one breed, using intel
ligent effort to keep it up to a high
standard, perhaps improving the strain,
is the one that attains the best results
pecuniarily. One likes to go 10 a special
list" for the special thing he may want.
On the other hand, so far as this ques-
ton is concerned, there have been
great many breeders of fine poultry who
have made success through keeping any
where from three to a dozen different
kinds, keeping each up TO a high stand
ard of excellence and without any admiX-
ture. Where a man or woman is natural
~ painstaking and fun of energy, has the
means to start right, has plenty of space
to provide ample yards. well divided from
each other, there is no reason why a
dozen different kinds cannot be kept as
well as one.
But there is no question that the large
majority of people are better adapted 20
one breed than to a greater number. 1t
is much easier TO keep one kind pure,
well-bred, and this is what purchasers
regard when they fall prey to the hen
fever" as many are constantly doing all
the time; and their enthusiasm is always
immense a the start. of course.
There are very few persons who make
any great success of raising eggs and
poultry meat simply for food, but there
are many who make a very fine income
in raising fancy poultry for breeding pur-
posses.
1t is no uncommon thing for a trio of
fine fowls to bring $50 and very high
prices are often realized for single males.
This is where the reputation of the
breeder and his intelligence as a. mater"
comes in. 1t is main factor of ultimate
success and must be looked to from the
very start. The limit of success must be
placed at about ten years from the period
of starting out. Advertising is also an
essential factor of that final success that
is aimed for.
One that is not willing to wait the nee
essary time to attain success had better
not undertake fancy poultry raising a
business any more than he would raising
fine horses or cattle. Success is not to
be reached In two or three years. 1t re-
quires two or three times that number
to put such business upon high plane
OF legitimate and recognized success. We
must understand what is necessary to-
ward securing II.
To-day there are no finer breeds for the
specialist than the Plymouth Rock or the
Brahma or the Wyandottes or the game
that IL, for the purpose named-to sup
ply fancy fowls for breeding purposes,
and at fancy prices