Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-06-27
GOOD POULTRY
Beg @ers In the Business Should Be
Very Careful In Picking
Stock.

Stock.
Each year number who wish TO
start IN poultry purchase stock i'm
stead of Matching eggs or day-old
chicks feeling that they VIII have
better chance TO false chicks frem
the eggs produced in their own pens
or fearing the risk Of shipplRg hatch
ing eggs. In purchasing stock for
future breeding operations the begin,
ner is moving in the right direction
for good results If he purchases good
stock A good start means everything
and for the beginner to purchase any
thing but good breeding stock IS "a
step backward.
Now is the time to purchase this
stock first, because it can be obtain
ed cheaper, from the fact that the
average breeder breaks up the breed
ing pens in June, and to make room
for growing stock will sell at figure
less than he would a few months la.
ter. Again the breeder does not care
to hold over breeding birds after they
have been used for the purpose Of
Matching to feed for one or two extra
months These birds have not sold be.
cause of lack OF merit, but simply
from the fact that every breeder ex-
poets better birds from their offspring
and so each year nearly all the we'll
known breeders have for sale at least
one-haf Of their breeding stock, and
to move them quickly sell at bargain
prices. This does not always mean
cheap stock dollar birds. but the
fowls are sold at one half their real
value from a breeding standpoint and
us rule the cheapest at the end Of
the breeding season for the reasons
naned above.
The beginner that goes to the open
market and purchases hens Us they
come in from the different plants
makes mistake, for in almost all
cases they are the comercial birds.
that we're used in the pens for egg
production only. ana not the high
grade breeders, which but few poul-
Try raisers are forced to sell on the
open market. especially alive.
Free From Disqualification.
Breeders that in the majority OF
cases grace the yards of the men who
have been in the bus ness number
Of years are free from any standard
disqualificauons free from any Ills
and 1T as they were selected to do
to reproduce themselves in their Off
spring, and these are the kind the
beginner should purchase and be will
ing to pay fair price for. Breeders,
while they should always be free from
disQualidactions, are not always
show birds, but birds OF staNdard type
according to the breed, and near
standard weight when in condition.
Blood lines will tell the tale always
in the chicks Matched and raised from
good breeders, whether it be for egg
production or the showroom, or both,
which a number of good breeders have
realized by years Of careful breeding,
The purchase of a few good breed
crs will enable the beginner to get
a good start for his foundation stock
in the early spring, The birds, prop
erly cared for, viii lay well in the
early spring, and quite a few chicks
can be Matched during the first spring
from a dozen good breeders. Again,
the beginner and oftimes the expert
cnced poultry raiser, VIII have hens
with crany natures WHO viii destroy
some eggs, aud then some chicks al
ter they are Matched. The only loss
here is time, as the breedeE-will keep
Smelling good Matching eggs, whereas
if the beg uuer mad paid S. or more
for the eggs it would prove a loss
not easily replaced. Again in the