Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-01
Hints For Breeders
 Of Poultry

breeders association, which is ex- pected to follow. There is destined to be growing interest in poultry cul- ture in Cochise county during the coming winter and the following spring. The show will certainly be Of benefit not only to- the present breeders of fowls hereabouts but also to those who have not yet become interested in feathered flocks, but whose interest will be aroused by the birds which are to be exhibited at this first Coehise county poultry show. The breeders. from study of the points of the best fowls will be enabled to see wherein they have themselves made mistakes and thus to start an improvement in the birds that constitute their own little colony of fowls. Those who keep birds but have not taken the pains to select an especial breed will be induced to raise thoroughbred stock and to send the mongrels that they have been keeping to market and not a few who have never kept fowls will see the advantage of so doing and will join the aggregation of poultry raisers that already exists.
 To some persons a chicken is a chicken, all looking alike, but there is a vast difference in the fowls. Just as the owner of a fine setter, pointer, terrier or other dog will give to his thoroughbred pet more care and attention than does the owner of a mongrel show to that animal, gen. erally speaking. So does the owner of thoroughbred fowls give to his or her flock more time and more care and take more pleasure from that flock than were they merely a mixture of breeds thrown together in a poultry yard. Of course primarily fowls are kept for the eggs which they yield and for table use when poultry is de sired for a meal It requires etfme, care and attention to get the best re- suits in egg production or in growing birds for table or market and unless there is an inducement which makes the work thus entailed pleasant, it soon becomes arduous and is often neglected to the detriment of the ex- pertinent in poultry raising. Not so when one selects a breec whose beauty appeals to the eye by symetry and coloring of plumage. Then there is an added reason for care, an in creased interest. a real pleasure in working over and caring for the flock. 1t is no more trouble to prop erly care for a yard full of thorough bred fowls than it is to care for what are commonly termed "harn yard
 fowls is---ss< ssssEse1ts5s.ss.. fs, -feeG rrrTln and the results obtaned are much more satisfactory. These are facts that will be brought home to all who attend the coming shd%.
 A poultry association in Cochise county should be a success from its inception and should steadily grow in numerical and financial strength. Each year from now on there will be a show that will be looked forward to by all breeders of fowls through out the county, the class of fowls eX- hibited will steadily show an inn movement, a friendly rivalry among breeders will be engendered and the game will be found to be easily worth the candle.
 In this section of the country where eggs are eggs" though some housewives maintain they are coin of the realm in. great chunks under those cfrcumsta1ces there is every reason for those who have room Tor at least a few fowls to obtain them The leavings from the table VIII go a long ways in small flock or hehs and the expense for grain VIII not be so great by long odds as the money now spent for the number ot eggs used in the household. The keeping of such small flocks should be eh- couraeed as should the establishment of noultry farms through the county both of these tending to reduce 10 some extent the high cost of lVlng m cne important respect, yes in two, TOT ii will bring an improvement in qual- itv and price of meat as well as ID quality and price of eggs.
 Undesirable flavors may be detect ed in inc egg after feeding the heh heavily on foods of strong CT hlgh TIavoy Onions give an undesirable flavor and if the hen eats them m srfficiept quantity the eggs VIII De ,,nf;t for use. No beef scrap except that of good quality should be fed the bens It has also been shown that certain foods affect the color or the coos as alfalfa, for instance, Which, when fed nberallys gives high-cosofed voIks. Pale yolks usually indicate 1ack of green food in the hens dlet
 The feeding of the fowls depenas ,orgsiv upon the place in which they sra tent Where they have the lib- ertv of the fields, the question IS ,,,,cb simpIified; there they will pich ,,, ,,n ~ a large proportio7 of their fooa. S5o sci rules can be laid down as 70 -ee ,s5ir,r,e hut a knowledge of some ot ,so eepersl principles of foods anu sHeai1g will help the poultryman 70 a,,oid mistakes. Exercise Is just az ..'.oasssrv [. in the production Of eggs as is f0cd. If the weather IS suSn skat large proportion ol nature sno5 js covered. different methoos loo aTe necessary if eggs are to De SC -,,r,.d Access to straw stack or oile of clean straw on the floor ol i,o p.,S roultry house will be an ineen, si.e s,'o to exercise if grain Is scattered fin 1t. ~a~ias greatly ..Iong individual hens. Experiment .t.tio5 en, records show that hens Nafy s.o-.O srS,a s5o eees a year to none at ail' T Ia-ee e-,. Freeds, such as Brahmas' O0e. tsss s-ss.9 ana Langshans. should not De nins & sn~ egg pro.uction; they are EEUL AgA ft1IfENnE