Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-11-15
IS NOT CHANCE
Proper Breeding Is tire Secret to Sue,
cess BY Raicing Profitable
Fowls.


ing in the economy 81 nature is use
less. Man may not have discovered
the usefulness Of many things. it Il
true. but that does not prove the
falseness of the proposition but on.y
discloses Ahe limitations of human
knowledge. Man is not omniscient,
lie still has much to learn. But ais
q practical proposition, addressed TO
the mind Of the poultryman. there are
many things IN human economy which
are useless, and more than that, are
positively harmful It s for exam.
pie, useless to expect to breed prize
birds from scrub-bred scrubs. Oecas-
ionally, a scrub. bred from good stock.
and, unfortunately such birds do oc-
cur may through the law Of reversion
produce a fine specimen, even one
worthy to win o blue ribbon But
scrubs, descended from scrubs. have
no good ancestors to throw back" to
and their descendants promise to be
scrubs 70 the end Of the chapter
Still, given time enough, through care
full selection, scrubs may emerge from
their escrubby' condition and become
ut to associate with the -four hun.
dred" Of poultrydcm. But the time
required to bring about the change Is
so long and the chances OF success
are so few and SO remote that the
prospect is anything but allurlng.
The better way, ana one that intel.
ligence VIII unhesitatingly choose IA
to discard the scrubs and use only the
best stock. well bred, for breeding, 70
the end that immediate and remote
Inheritance may work in unison for
the production of prize birds II is
also useless to expect fowls to main.
tam their health and vigor in unsaui-
tary conditions. They may some
times do this, at least apparently.
They may keep well as individuals,
but they may be collecting seeds OF
weakness and disease which IN the
fruitful soil OF their descendants. will
terminate, develop end produce a
crop of disaster 1t IS therefore use.
less to indulge in a hope Of Immunity
from sickness If the laws Of health
are neglected, because sanitary con.
ditions may be readily and cheaply
provided, and VII almost insure what
the poultryman SO earestly desires.
III is useless 10 expect to attain stlc
cess with poultry unless one is willing
to observe the cond tjons of success.
Nothing short of nirade viii make
success for one who violates such
conditions, and miracles, at least in
poultry keeping. are not wrought, very
often in the present dly, It is better
tc follow approved means of winning
success than to trust 20 the interven-
tion Of a miracle, which ii Is I'M
probable viii ever occur.
1t is useless to expect TO build up
paying business without adopting
business methods. The poultry bust
ness bears a. strong resemblance to
the business Of manufacturing goods.
and to be put upon a paying basis ait
tention must be gwen to certain we'll
known principles-duality of goods,
cost Of production aul the obtaining
Of market Un'ess one produces
the quality that the public demands,
he cannot expect to make sales, He
must come into competition with
others. who will produce the desired
quality. and their stock viii have the
call. Unless he keeps down the cost
Of production he cannot hope to sell
at a reoft and a business conducted
without profit is not a business but a
failure. and though he produces quail
ty at cheap cost still there VIII be no
( business done until a market has been
secured. To secure a market, one
must obtain a certain amount Of pub
betty It mnst be known that he has
the goods and that they are for sale.
Publicity is secured by a poultryman
in various ways. He may be a pom.