The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04

There is n vast difference between n
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.
l am not speaking now of the huck-
Ster, whose business II Is to sell and
buy poultry for market, but refer to
the persons who buy birds from other
breeders and then Dcddlc them from
place TO place under the name Of the
breeder Of snch and such variety. l
can not see what glory n 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 fraternity?
Here is a man who has spent years
in bringing breed Of fowls to high
place in the poultry world, and when
that man wins he has heartfelt salts
faction that he deserved all he got.
Can the peddl' say so much?
realize that | am on debatabe
ground. but believe 1t is n 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 1t right 10 show
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 a man who sells eggs to a
man who in turn matches and raises a
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 to see that it 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 it 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
fancier. He is in the work for what
pleasure there is in it, and the money
part becomes secondary matter.
A man who is now a prominent fan.
cier once stood on the floor of a big
show just after the ribbons had been
placed, and not seeing first come to his
coop, said; II 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 it 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 a great |
deal of money in his wallet. The !
world will reward a true man. Let |
him who will peddle. but as for me | !;
want to have it said that what show |
is mine and not Tom Jones' bird.
Go it, then, my dear beginners. There J
is much room at the top. If you want
to be a huckster, be one, but If true
fancier, be one, and l surely believe
that every lover of fine birds will give
you the welcome hand when once you
pnt your foot on the top round of the
ladder.-Wm. Harris Guyer in the J :
land Poultry Journal.