Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-01
WHITE VARIETY Of
ORP|NCT0N BEST
Practical Poultry Breeder Sees
in Them Qualities Not Found
in Other Strains.

Practical ideas from the White or
pington farm of J. S Brady, Parkers
Landing. Pa.
About six wears ago this breeder fore
saw grand future for the White or
pington and decided to breed them lie
saw the many splendid qualities which
are peculiarly their own Among these
qualities was the fact that the Orping-
ton is the largest, clean-legged fowl.
that its shape is distinct from any other
breed. being low to the ground the body
massive Vet Of good length. with the tuli,
deep breast. comparing with other breeds
OF poultry as the bulky Hereford does
with other breeds Of cattle.
When We consider the stateliness. size.
symmetry, disposition, etc. OF the or
pington family it may easily be seen THAT
their present popularity is wei deserved
and was not created by their so-called
boom The Orpington family Is fast
gaining Worldwide reputation as egg
machines In The Missouri EGG Laying
Contest the Orpingtons have averaged,
10 the present writing 151 eggs per pen.
their nearest competitors averaging $40
eggs. while a White OrpngIon hen lald
q eggs in 30 successive days These facts
are among the many reasons why the
sun never sets on the Orpington. In any
cline where poultry is raised. the or
pington will be found
Early Training Beneficial.
When a Young man Mr. Brady pun
chased & large stock farm in ohio and
bred Graft horses and registered Jersey
cattle Here he gained his tirst insight
into scientific breeding and this early
training in stock breeding taught him
the necessity Of breeding only the best
Ito
knowledge 1 gained Of breeding while
conducting my stock farm has been a
great help in breeding White Orping-
tons
In securing his foundation stock. impor-
tations from Englands best breeders were
made, which combined with the best he
could purchase in this country, gave him
q foundat ton upon which he could and has
built safely
Among the birds imported was the great
male bird English Lord This purchase
proved to be one of the best investments
his owner ever made. as his good breed
ing qualities proved themselves remark
ably potent. and he has really revolution
lied the entire flock, not only producing
big, shapely males. but typey, chalk
white females as wen. Another great
breeder in this flock is the hem Lady of
Quality She also proved her potency
by producing numerous winners during
the past season. In this issue you wa
hnd her picture which shows her wonder
full type, Notice the depth and length
of body, broad skull short. fun neck,
''meaty' breast. heavy bone and her gem
eral massiveness. During the past two
seasons she has won twelve successive
blue ribbons in the largest shows in the
East
RaiSfnd he XoundSterr
ON being asked how ne raised the
youngsters, Mr. Brady replied when
the chicks are Matched in the Incubator.
| harden them down for couple OF days
in the machine where they were hatch-
ed. reducing II gradually TO 90 degrees,
| then take them 10 the brooder house,
which is about the same temperature,
dipping a few of their little beaks ina wa
ter, so they will go up and drink and
teach the rest of them to drink I then
give them a feed of dry bread, ! use
the Prairie state hover. which have
about the same temperature. or 20 de-
grees ! keep on reducing the heat just
greeS / keep on reducing the heat lust
70 become chilled ana al the same time
TO avoid crowding for warmth
II have a board floor in the hrooder
house, and have il covered with cut straw.
Of huckwheat hulls. After the chicks
are five or six DAYS old remove the
straw and replace it with huckwheat
hulls There is certain amount Of the
kernel Of the grain in these hulls which
they Will amuse themselves picking ont.
and which answers for food The hulls
are always dry and nice for them to
scratch and wallow in which they very
much enjoy
Their second feed consists of boiled
eggs. shell and ALL with some bread rum
through the grinder, and m0istened with
milk ! keep them on this diet for three
or four days. adding a little tne grit and
a little powdered charcoal then COM
nence giving chick food whoch l buy at
the stores but keep milk before them all