The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-26

4 scrupulously, length ana color OF como
arch Of neck. length and breadth OF
bach. design and color OF plumage
! etc Having decided upon an ideal. he
mates his birds and starts his strain,
picking from each brood the most per-
feet specimens and gradually working
toward this ideal through generation
after generation. 1t is a sort OF part
nership arrangement with the AL
mighty; the fancier attends to the
matings. and sees that they are prop
erly cared for, while the Lord does
the rest
1t requires much time and patience
to breed a line up to anything APP
preaching perfection, but once at
tanned the reward is well worthy of
the effort Single birds have sold in
this country for as much as $1,000,
while in England still higher prices
have been paid for individual speci'
mems. The breeder does not depend
altogether upon fancy prices for in
dividual birds, however, for his re-
turns. He profits by the increased
productiveness of his flock. For in
stance, in the matter of egg laying
it may be cited that the average Amer
lean hen lays about 100 eggs per year.
The practical poultryman goes in for
better results and gets them. Num-
erous instances show whole flocks
with an average of 200 to the hen per !
year-an increase Of 100 per cent. If
this increase in productiveness could
be taken advantage of all along the
line by people raising chickens, the
sum realized annually would add mil
ions OF dollars to the national wealth.
Furthermore, the benefit derived would
not cease with the additional cash in
land Natures two natural foods are
milk and egg. Egg is everything that
goes into flesh and bone. These are
acts worth noting as we take an in
'oice of the possibilities of old Mrs.
len.
The three most prominent members
# the large poultry family in this
ountry are the Leghorns, the Wyan-
cites, and the Plymouth Rocks. The
Ieghorns are the egg type. They are
ong in body, light in weight, and very }
ctive. Their average frequently runs ;
5 high as 200 eggs per year to the
The Wyandottes are strictly an
merican production. Tey are short .
body, plump, round, and heavier h
IAN the Leghorn. They are full h
reast development, have yellow legs y
nd skin, and consequently show up h
ell when dressed Their meat is
'nder has fine grain and good flavor, a
I'D they are the ideal table fowl s,
Their as broilers weighing from one n
alf pound to a pound ard a half, or II
! roasters weighing from three to lie
re pounds. The Plymouth Rocks are ci
Try similar to the Wyandottes, ex- ii
pit their bodies are longer, and they in
III weigh a pound more at maturity az
he Barred Plymouth Rock is the G,
eat American all-purpose bird; the A,
nd the farmer, the fancier and all pr
ear by. The Wyandotte is a later to
eed and is fast growing in popu fir,
'ity, especially with breeders, but
? old stand-bys, the Barred Rocks,
II doubtless hold their supremacy l.
many years.
When poultry shows were first held
ew years ago they were very small
airs, usually pulled Off in some en-
store room or other building that
I'D be hired cheap. Five or six ex-
itors would enter from so to 200 w..
us, and then dig down in their peck - -
to make good the shortage in ex- ,,o
Ises. Now It is different. The
Iltry show is a decided event. In ~,
pee
great Madison Square Garden, In
ton in Mechanics Hall and in Chi !. 4.
o in the Seventh Regiment armory. -
railroads give reduced rates, the hut
ociated Press renders detailed re- o,
Is, and thousands OF people turn Loo
to see the feathered beauties At M,
,e big shows the number Of fowls acc
exhibition average from 1000 to cas-
0 some of them worth few dol ~
and some Of them worth few mo,
dred dollars. vid,
e think we have the fever pretty has
nowadays when we plank down juri
raj hundred dollars for few ferr
Ids OF chicken flesh. proporticned yeai
nit our fancy and feathered to suit mitt
taste, but history relates that our IT
daddies we're not SO slow in en- ed {
ing over the same objects. While whi'
Hollanders were going daffy over ry |
IS and paying $1,000 for a single thur