The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-12-07
TIE BREEDING PEN.
An Experts Views az to the Qualities
to BE Pcrpetunted.

An Experts Views az to the Qualities
to BE Pcrpetuntcd.
In the making up of the breeding pen
there are a number of very important
factors to be dealt with if success is to
he expected, and l will point out q
few Of the more important ones to be
dealt with, says Rev. c. E. Petersen in
American Poultry Advocate.
No birds should be used which are
not scXually mature healthy and in
full vigor, as only from healthy and
mature stock can Il healthy progeny
be expected.
If immature birds are used the prog
eny Will suffer, which is proved year
~ by the markedly higher death rate
among the chicks Matched from such
Immature stock birds.
Stock of advanced age should not be
used either. as, for reasons that are
obvious to the observer, no good results
car be expected.
There is no need for me to explain
that tie chicks are in everything es-
seutial the creatures of their parents
whole predestined by the nature of the
germs from the combination of which
the chicks emanate what they are to
be-
This is good and sufficient reason
why the utmost care should be used in
the selection of breeding stock and in
formation as far as is possible obtain
al 70 no fry Of IN ri n
used in the breeding yard, for by no
means everything that is given us is
good The parental germs themselves
may. to begin with, be possessed Of in
herited deficiencies, or they may have
suffered by injuries which affected the
parental body, or they may have been
imperfect because Of the immature or
advanced age of the parents.
All kinds of malformations are he
reditary and should under no circum-
stances be permitted in the breeding
pen. however slight, as the tendency in
ci-cry instance Is to cXaggerate these
t,2f0lmitieS.
said all kinds, whether inherited or
acquired, as the last kind will in time
or respects the bird should be desirable
leave it out of all consideration for
breeding purposes, as the result in a
very few generations will prove disas-
trous
Equally unsuitable for procreation
are specimens whose physical develop
TRent is not complete or whose sexual
t.,
Remember that potency is just as
much hereditary as any other faculty
and is indeed of the greatest impor-
lance, as this particular faculty Is the
reiyvenator of our strain.
And wherever a bird proves himself
strong in this particular and gives ev-
idence of continued strong potency for
several generations such q bird should
be treasured and his strong potential
ity bred into the strain.
''stufy" Houses Cause Catarrh.
A writer in American Poultry Advo-
cate, in answering the inquiry of a cor
respondent whose flock Is suffering
from acute catarrh, very sapiently OBJ
serves: Unless you handle the affected
birds carefully acute catarrh will run
into the roup stage. 1 have met many
cases of this character caused by too
little ventilation at night. Close, hot,
stuffy houses and coops are behind
many of these cases. The gospel of
fresh air is doing much to prevent ca
tarrh diseases in our birds. Increase
the amount of air supplied your birds.
DO this by removing understanding
openings if needed-and cover with
wire netting to keep out vermin. Get
the chicks into large coops with wire
front. Let all birds out of the houses
in the early morning so that they may
pass more time in the pure outdoor air.
Add one-hundredth of grain of arse
mite of anthony to the days drinking
water of every five birds and then add
just film of kerosene oil to each YES
sci This is medicine enough.
Don't Use "Hcnny'' Cocks.