The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-19
POUL TR Y
DEPARTMENT..
Edited by J. H. Wendler.)

| commences primarily Win the Selec-
ton of ones chosen breed and then
the selection of the best mot neces-
sarily the highest priced most ro-
bust vigorous and healthiest speci-
mems.
In the selection of the breed it is
we'll to consider primarily whether
one desires egg production only,
meat fowls principally general util-
ity birds. or strictly ornamentals.
In the former class it is well to
consider the MEDITERRANEAN class
which comprises such well-known
breeds as the White and Brown
Leghorns, Anconas. Black Minorcas,
White Faced Black Spanish. etc.
The meat class is decidedly the
Asiastics, comprising such fowls as
Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans.
however, the American class answers
this purpose very we'll also in our
climate is perhaps the most perfer-
able. inasmuch as they are by far
the really only general utility bird
We have while in the Ornamentals
there are twenty-seven varieties Of
Bantams to select from.
The American class is composed of
five breeds, viz: WyandOttes, Ply
mouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds,
Buckeyes and Javas and they COM
prise almost every known color and
type.
There are the white, buff. golden
laced. silver pencilled and Column
bian Wyandottes, the white, buff,
barred, silver pcncilled, partridge
and Columbian Plymouth Rocks, and
the white and Red Rhode Islands,
the red Buckeyes and the black and
notified Javas, SO after one has Sc
lccted the class and breed desired
the matter of color selection is dis
tinctly one of personal choice of the
breeder and fancier.
Many good man goes wrong and
meets with failure in the chicken
business by getting the wrong
strain of your chosen breed or By
getting weak, inbred and diseased
stock and might as well tell you
here as later. that with such stock
you are doomed to failure in advance
no matter how much pains. labor,
time and devotion you exert, SO If
you are not posted get the advice of
some reliable breeder and II he has
not what you want In his flock fol-
low his advice and get your chosen
breed If possible in the southern mar
kets as acclimatiOn means whole
lot In chickens as we'll as any other
animals or live stock.
The next mistake that most people
make is the purchase of breeding
stock from the source where they get
it the cheapest. This is very Sc
riOus mistake and one that you
would surely regret afterwards. You
could hardly expect a breeder to
build up a strain of pure bred tsOck.
which requires years of painful labor
or the outlay OF a considerable sum
Of money, or both and then give you
the benefit of il all for the price he
gets for his culls ii sold to the pro-
duce merchant.
do not mean that il is at al.
times necessary to pay fabulous
prices. but am warning you against
cheap stock, for YOU must bear i'm
mind that the cheapest is usually the
dearest in the long run, though a;
times one may pick up some really
good bargains in very meritorious
stock.
Sometimes some breeder who has
bred number of breeds finds II ad-
vantageous to confine himself to a
lesser number of breeds and will sac
| rifira "A whole flock mr. mart of n tlocL
and in this way bargains may at
times be obtained, hut usually it is
good al, ice to keep away from cheap
stock.
Ii you are already in the chicken
business and have line OF pure and
thorough bred poultry. do not fail
II inflise new blood each year into
your flock, either by the purchase oi
a good cockcrel or few settings OF
good eggs.
Stock is tn Quickest way. eggs the
cheapest.
If YOU are raising just chickens
! would strongly advise YOU to mar
kct these and get yourself line OF
thoroughbred fowls. as il costs ne
more To feed good ones than il does
io raise and feed scrubs" besides i
thoroughbred fowl is twice as easy 4
raise and keeps Il whole lot healthier