The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-25
.POUL Try DEPART ENT

] and raised many prizewinners. ny
| last showing Of the breed was 3 birds,
scoring respectively s21S. 50. "a. "a.
s4h. 941s. IS. s5z, s54; but truth
compels me to say that the s5h point
ones were pretty near bun. as the
slate undercolor had all been bred out
OF them. Some one says, TN warrant
she can't show as good Buckeyes.
Cant I? | selected so birds this fan
that | wanted scored. and sent % to
Youngstown for t. E.sOrr to score.
and 25 to Warren for Eugene Sites to
score. Now there are judges, and 9TH
err judges, and these two stand very
high in the profession. and have the
reputation of letting no guilty defect
escape, in fact some of the boys COM
/ plain a little of cloee scoring. but we
breeders want just that kind OF scores.
What is a high score worth II the
bird don't justify 1t Worse than moth
ing. So told the judges to cut close
ly as | wanted good, honest scores TO
breed by, not high scores to sell oy'
as some do. My SUI prise was only
eaualIed by my pleasure to find that
the scores run from 81 to IS points,
only 10 birds being below 80, and they
Young and under weight This was
a very remarkable showing and won
many prizes. and. am sorry to add,
much jealousy from my competitors
who were mostly men who couldn't
bear to have a woman beat them. And
Big Tnjun End was the highest scor-
ing male in the Warren show, and
walked off with the special prizes for
that honored place. A silver ashtray
was one, but don't smoke. And l
also won a handsome silver cup, and
am a very temperate person also, but
there were lots of prizes l could use.
An Administer rug, two bottles OF per
fume. $500 in gold, a hot water bottle,
dozen carnations, a dozen chrys-
anthemums, a hot water bag, I'D
choice candy, gold back comb. aquar'
ium of gold fish, and some specials
that escape my memory Just now. l
should have followed it up and show
ed some of these fine birds at lead
ing shows, but / sold few to others
to exhibit and mateA ~ of the choic-
est ones for my spring egg trade,
where | believe they will do the breed
the most lasting good.
! All this sounds very much like brag.
ging, but if l don't let people know
what I have done, who will?
| II envious people could see how hard
have worked, early and late, often
passing sleepless nights studying how
best to mate to produce this breed,
they would realize that it is no light
task to do all this.
II they could sec me c0ring for my
fowls in cold and wet, hot and dry
weather, denying myself almost all
pleasures of society " recreation. car
Ing for my little breeds through chan.
geable spring weather. sitting up at
nights, often to answer correSpon-
dents. operating my own incubators
and gathering and packing with my
own hands every egg shipped out, also
selecting all shipments OF poultry,
they would not willingly withhold the
reward that always comes to the ear
nest worker.
And it has come to me in even great !
err degree than | ever dared to hope.
People who have failed to raise good
layers in other breeds are enthusiast
tic over the fine laying qualities Of the
Buckeyes. People who like large,
quick growing, yellow skinned csrcas-
SEES. pronounce the Buckeyes the best
Of all. People who have been disap-
pointed in r. I. Reda are fast turning
to the darkNed, stay.red Buckeyes
with the frost proof. heat proof, Pea
comb, which Judge Sites pronounced
In his speech here In Warren, 1.-THE
only perfect comb for the Reds"
One fact that cannot be too strongly
is their active DISPOSE
ton. which makes them healthy. and
not overfat They simply will not over
saL though the hopbefs IN theft c66bs
be running over, and are pronounced
by competent observers to be the
smallest eaters of any large breed on
he market today. always have
grain before them, vet never have a
len die from over-fat. as I usd to do {
With other breeds.
That I have had an easy task to
perfect the Buckeyes, any one consid- /,
ring the foundation stock will know
S false The Cochin blood left le-
.acy of feather legged fowls that had
o be eliminated carefully year after !,
ear. The B. B Red blood left q her