The Greeley tribune., 1910-04-14
THE BEST BREED OF POULTRY

The amateur poultry raiser or the
person on farm wishing TO invest in
a new breed of chickens after looking
through catalogues and reading yari-
Gus poultry papers. wonders how to de
eide which is really the best breed
This is question which can be settled
neither fro papers nor catalogues,
but there are so many fine fowls
prize winners and so many different
types of fowls shown that very often
he is bewildered and persuaded to buy
breed entirely unsuited to his pur-
pose If change is necessary in the
poultry yard or an amateur wishes to
20 into the loultry business, the mat
ter should have careful thought and
consideration.
First of all. your location should be
considered. If you are close to town
on small farm with neighbors on a.
sides of you, you will not want a wide
range fowl. You will want an egg
producing chicken and one with this
additional qualification that their
chicks must mature for eNrfv mary =,
in short. general purpose fowl tina,
may be penned in when necessary and
not suffer from confinement. By hav-
ing two yards large number NAV be
Kept because it is possible to freshen
the soil by plowing it. and while the
chickens are confined in one ward the
other may be prepared and in this wav
II is possible to give them many of the
advantages of the free range chicken
turkeys and ducks should never be
expected to do well in small yard.
Don't expect the breed YOU invest
ha arfS ~,
select small variety warranted to
lay well, do not complain if dealers
prefer a larger variety for shipping
purposes or the home markets frown
upon your little hens. Yon must con
sider what points are essential to
make the business a success under
the conditions of your own case. If
YOU want to sell chickens, buy an in
cubator; while if you wish to market
eggs buy hens. If you cannot find
a breed that will work in your case ex-
actly better buy an all around breed.
so to speak. with no one characteristic
abnormally developed. Be content
with reasonable things and leave the
wonderful records to be made by peo.
pie who have time. money and pa.
thence to develop wonderful birds. I'm
less chicken raising is your exclusive
business you cannot dabble in costly
birds without losing money. High
priced chicks are worth all that is
asked for them in some places. but
on the ordinary farm or far from mar.
ket, the common-bred fowl is worth a
whole yard full of the pampered pets
OF the prize shows.
II is also good plan to consult 10
cal dealers as to their likes and dis
likes. One dealer reports that he can
not sell black hen while another re
ports that his patrons are indifferen,
to any thing but size In selling ou,
fowls to private costumers. a yer,
profitable business, it is well to humol
the whims of the patron and not argu.
tne case. Some purchasers wan
brown eggs. others white, and where
there is general demand for Ger
tain color in eggs it is well to kee,
that point in mind when selecting ;
new breed of chickens.
So it seems that the best breed /,
the one that is the best suited to YOU
particular location, whether it be tn,
Plymouth Rock, Minorca or Leghorp
which ever answers your require
ments, but you must look well to al
conditions before buying Don't b.
carried away by size or color or prize
winnings but study the matter intelli
gently and make your selection