The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-10
POULTRY.
A Half /: Column Of DOn'ts and
News.

. News
Don't breed a Hamburg that has a sin
gle comb.
Never use a "clay-breasted' Partridge
Cochin female.
Never use a bronze turkey tom that has
q slim shank.
Never use a bird that shows any tend
ency to knock-knees.
Never breed extremes in form or color
If at all avoidable.
Never use a bird that has a natural
deformity Of any kind.
Never use a bird that is inferior in size
to its sex Of it's breed.
Avoid white birds that nave straw
colored backs and wing bows.
Never discard goose or gander because
of its age-the older the better.
Never use a pullet to sell eggs from
until you have tested her laying quail
ties.
Never mate a male of any breed hat
is easily cowed by all the other males.
Never use one that has a scant leg am
toe feathering. if a feather-legged breed.
Never use a Pekin duck that does not
walk quite erect, nor one that has a
short body.
Never use one of the pinkish-white
SudUhS IL us DTeeu Calls Tor yellow or
dark yellow shanks.
Don't breed a Brahma whose beak Is
oval instead of flat and whose shoulders
ara set angular.
Never breed from q foul Of doubtful
merit as o producer. Know what you
are doing in this respect.
Market, instead Of breeding, Barred
Rocks whose bars fail to reach entirely
across the feather.
Never cross a breed Of one kind on
that of another. No cross-bred bird is
as good as the straight goods.
10 breed a Cochin whose back and
saddle Cor cushion) present a concave
instead Of convex curve.
Never use a Brown Leghorn that is
more black than brown, nor one that is
mere yellow or mealy than seal brown.
Never use one with the least bit Of
down between toes or On shank, nor if it
has any feathers on shanks. IL it be Of
the bare-legged breed.
Never breed from a made Mediterra-
mean whose wattles are shrunken and
small; nor one of any breed whose head
ap~peEdages are inferior in size.
Never use one that has q comb I'M
TYPICAL of it's supposed breed, as it indi-
Gates poor breeding, and his get will be
likely to partaka OF this defect.
Never use a bird that shows any tend
ency to carry tail the least bit awry-
one that approaches to ''wry TALL as
defined by the Standard of Perfection.
Cast aside the Black Minorca that
shows, when grown, the least bit Of gray
or white in any part of it's plumage-
usually in prime wing feathers.
Never use a Brown Leghorn with the
least gray or white in any part Of the
plumage except at roots or tails of males:
nor one that is low and squatty on legs.
Never use a Silver or Golden Wyan-
dotte female that has a back without
white centers except a streak at shaft;
nor one that has spangles at breast in
stead of lacing.
Never use a male Of any breed that is
dainty at the feed trough; nor one that
Is never noticed to serve: nor one that
has Group when young and is apparently
well.
Never use a Houdan that has a "top-
knot" where there should be a good, big
crest; nor one with four toes instead of
five; nor one faded to nearly white in
breast section.
The very best Of all considerations
should be in respect to constitution.
Never breed from male or female that is
not known to be vigorous, strong, active
and from active, strong. vigorous par
entage.
Never use a male of the feather-legged
breeds that has what is known as "vul-
turs hocks"-stiff, quilted feathers grow
ing nearly straight out from the hook
joint, except to females that are too
scantily feathered on the legs and not
thin, unless the male shanks and toes
show excessive feathering as well as 'vul
tures."-S. L. Roberts. In the San Fran
cisco Post.