Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-21

Description of One of the
Popular Farm Fowls.

IN WflJlng OF oliver Laced Wydn-
dettes it is not my intention to de-
tract particle from the good quail
ty Of any other variety. For my
part can see some good points in
all Of them. From the fact, how
ever, that have been interested in
fancy poultry for twenty years, and
in this time have bred many varie-
ties, feel that what / may say for
the Silver Laced Wyandottes, is
from actual experience, and in COM
parison with the eighteen or twenty
other varieties that have handled.
The utility quality of the Silver
Laced Wyandottes | have never seen
disputed. They have always been
recognized as splendid layers and
splendid table fowls. In fact, today
they hold the record as the greatest
layers on earth. (See the report Of
the Australian laying contest, held
under the auspices of the Australian
Govenment.) AS table fowl they
are unsurpassed; they are plump Of
body, medium size, not too large and
not too SMALL the meat is tender
and juicy and of fine flavor. They
get broody about once in a year.
They make the very best of mothers
Put them on a commercial basis and
they are excelled by no other breed.
Put them in the hands of the fancier
and there is no handsOmer fowl.
/ have often been asked the uues-
ton, IF the Silver Laced Wyan-
.dottes are all that you claim for
them, why are they not more popu-
lar?" This is hard to answer. There
is no good reason why they should
not be the most popular of the.
Wyandotte family. They are the
original Wyandottes; all others were
made up from them directly or indi-
rectly. 1t can hardly be said that
one variety is more popular than
the other on account of color. It is
not on account of shape, because
shape according to the American
standard of Perfection is the same
for all varieties of WyandOttes-
No, the principal trouble has been
that at no time since the Silver
Laced Wyandottes were first intro
duced has there been enough good
souo to supply the demand. In too
many cases inferior specimens have
been sent out as representative Sill
yer Laced WyandOttes, with the re-
suit that the buyers were disappoint-
ed, and many would-be Silver Laced
Wyandotte breeders died a-born-
in'". However, a new era confronts.
us. The Silver Laced Wyandot1es=
today are better than they ever
were, and the buyer that is willing
to pay the price can get good ones.
At the great Worlds Fair in st.
Louis there were 226 Silver Laced
WyandOttes in competition. Fan
ciers, judges and editors pronounced
them the finest that had ever been
shown, not individual specimens, but
the entire exhibit showed a uni
formity of shape and color that is so
absolutely necessary for the welfare
of any breed.
Good Silver Laced Wyandottes are
in demand, not only from buyers in
this country but from foreign coun-
tries. | know of no other breed that.
offers more inducement to the Begin
ner. Any true fancier that really
means business, who will take up, the.
Silver Laced WyandOttes, and get
them just little better than they
are now, can jump at once into the
front rank and get all the business,
that he can take care of. There Isl
room today in the United States for
500 new Silver Laced Wyandotte
breeders. A great majority of
the people, however want the best.
and there is not room for one unless:
his aim is at the top. For such there
is both pleasure and profit. | will
not in this article attempt to describe
the fine points, but will say that in
the breeding of silver laced. Wyan-
dottes, we should expect to hold our.
own with other parti-eolored birds,
in meeting standard requirements.
less will do The best
Plymouth Rocks in the country under
the best judges will hardly ever
score above 90 l-2 to SO points. We
must do as we'll as this with Silver
Laced Wyandottes. 1t would be UNI
to expect to do more for
he present. Henry Stemmesch, in
Inland Poultry Journal.
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