The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-21

There Is vast difference between
man who peddles poultry and one who
breeds it. To be sure we have both.
but truly believe that for the good of
the poultry industry we should. by
some means or other. drive every poul-
try peddler from the business.
| am not speaking now of the huck.
stcr whose business it Is TO sell and
buy poultry for market but | refer to
the persons who buy birds from other
breeders and then pcddlc Them from
place to place under the name Of the
breeder Of s"ch and such variety.
can rot see what glory man derives
from such a business. There may be
some consolation in the fact that he
"beats" the other fellow at the shows.
but what good does that do the great
poultry fra ternity?
Here is a man who has spent years
in bringing n breed of fowls to n high
place in the poultry world, and when
that man wins he has heartfelt salts
faction that he deserved all he got.
Can the peddler say so much?
/ realize that | am on debatable
ground. but believe 1t is cause that
needs wise handling. Suppose l send
to prominent breeder and buy fine
cock, take him TO New York. and he
wins. Who. then, is the real winner,
myself or the man from whom bought
the birds? And is it right to slow
bird that you did not raise. or that does
not have the blood of your own strain
in It as being your own?
Here Is q man who sells eggs to
man who in turn matches and raises
lot of fine birds, and when fall comes
round the man who sold the eggs buys
the birds and exhibits them; in this
case the birds are rightly his own; they
came from his yards directly; they
have his blood in them. | can see
nothing wrong in such work.
| must say that it is little wonder
that much of the wind is taken out OF
the sails of the beginners when we
come 10 see that II does not mean much
to buy birds that will win. 1t then be-
comes not so much matter of who
has the best skill in rearing poultry;
not so much in the business for the
pleasure one derives from being able to
raise fine birds as 1t is TO make money
by buying and selling them.
1t has been my observation that
these "peddlers" soon grow tired of
their own game. Just so soon as the
money end of the business begins to
lag that soon they seek some other
business. But not so with the true
fancler. He is in the work for what
pleasure there is In 1t, and the money
part becomes secondary matter.
A man who Is now prominent fan,
cier once stood on the floor of big
show Just after the ribbons had been
placed, and not seeing FIRST come to his
coop. said; ~ am going home to work
harder than ever. and the fellows will
find out that can win yet" How did
he do It? BY buying the best bird In
the land? No. BY going into his breed.
ing yards and mating with care the
best birds he had and following 1t up
till the result was birds that would
win. That man to-day finds much
pleasure In what he has accomplished,
and more than that. he finds great
deal Of money In his wallet. The
world will reward true man. Let
him who Will peddle. but as for me
want to have 1t said that what show
Is mine and not Tom Jones' bird.
Go II, then, my dear beginners There
il much room at the top. II you want
to be huckster. be one, but II true
fancier, be one, and l surely believe
that every lover Of fine birds will give
you the welcome hand when once you
put your foot on the top round Of the
iadder.-wm. Harris Guyer, In the In.
land Poultry Journal,