The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-06-25
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ATS not gold thasa told W ads, cveu
though MS 4 GNd Rngh 40 Winning
birds are seldom mated Though this
on has heea related 70 sell eggs and
yoa Not natural FOR silver cup Sport
20 veil eggs equal 90 rs own 70 hatch
; show hirls 60 compete wlta him ~ uig
next conieff You're d ttra n Son 10
I llcve a. HIS rhcst IA the world areg'i
going to ~ sold 10 another sport whp
mas turn a new breeding trick or have
a new fake - W bis sleeve 70 make
I the best lptTcr nnd iline relieve him
q quadrHp.c esp when breeders
mate ~ they don't always take win.
ners nor perfect llrs They Nigh,
hatch something toe perfect. just as
people may SET too arfulle g3ody good
And then some Of these perfect prlzc
birds aren't just 80 pcrfect "a they
seem Some have homemade perfect
combs and splleed feathers and piuck
cd shanks and SNOWY hleachci backs
and indigo flight feathers. and when
you buy them FOR big price In the
showroom aud take them home IN a
month there Is as Tx difference he.
| tween their before and after" as IN
the pictures Of an anttfat advertise
ment
AIRS not silver that shines. even II
It's SILVER Rock silver cup winner.
SO fair fanelcrs concede that it's not
always best TO mate prize winners nor
perfect birds. Too much varnlsh spolls
the picture. Bad traits come from
somewhere maybe three generations
back Anyhow the perfect birds, cspe.
clally colored breeds, aren't generally a
success, and so they adopt a plan that
you wouldn't They mate imperfect
birds. This is the plain truth, II some
one is doing fancy lying
In this perfect mating OF imperfect
birds they select male and females
and make the good traits on one side
balance the bad traits on the other A
hens good traits may cover the bad
traits OF the male, and the male may
have some perfect points the hen Is
weak In, and thus, bred together, ey-
erything may even up and the off
spring be just right.
A long legged Leghorn with poor
color may be bred 10 short legged
hen with strong standard color.
A Silver Laced Wyandotte with n
poor hackle is matched with hen of
perfect hackle that may be deficient In
some points in which the male is true,
A Brown Leghorn may have a four
point comb. To get the five point some
will breed a five point female, while
others will take n six pointer, claiming
that the four and six point combs will
neutrallze into the regular five point
comb.
Imperfections are thus Offset by per-
rcctions to get the perfect
Then there are the cockerel and pull
let matlngs-not that cockerels form
into stag parties and pullets organize
girl bachelor clubs, but breeding pens
are matched TO bring certain color
cockerels or certain color pullets. For
instance, some Barred Rock fanciers
like a rather dark cockerel, and they
mate for II. They want pullet feathers
to have narrow dark tips and all
feathers to be barred TO the skin. and
they mate accordingly. SO It's not so
simple after all, and when man at
st. Louis paid 81 900 for hen II was
not because he was fool, but he ap-
preciated the science required TO build
that hen and knew the pleasure and
profit that come from such bon ton
brain product to breed from.
In society you have often noticed
people try TO even up in the same man
ner. A brainless man viii try to mar
ry the new woman to make himself
look intellectual. A man with slim
income will strive to wed woman
with fat bank account. But as the
chicken mating may be failure, the
bra..lle.s man may seem more non
compos mentis, and the fortune may
be flzzle.