Milford chronicle., 1915-12-03

for the average utility breeder) tina
from attempting to raise fancy fow
for show purposes, yet the later is b
no means to be decried.
Please remember one thing, however
and that is that it requires a consider
able sum of money, besides much har
work and study on your part, to success
fully raise and breed fancy birds and on
must naturally wait long time befor
his efforts are crowned with sufficien
success to net him a profit Many 0
those engaged in the breeding and rails
ing o. fancy fowls are more or les
wealthy, and the business is a sort o.
hobby or pastime with them. 1t mat
.ters not whether they make money ol
not.
However, most persons breeding OF
raising poultry take great pride in theil
birds and Will, In addition to raising
utility fowls, purchase a pen of fancy
stock, and in conjunction with their
commercial business, endeavor to pro-
,duce a limited number of handsome
specimens for show purposes.
This is a good characteristic in any
poultryman as it not only gives him
opportunity to study and learn a great
deal about the breeding of fowls, but
increases his interest in poultry gener-
ally.
1t is true that almost every man who
continues to breed and raise poultry,
either on large or limited scale, will
at times produce an extra fine specimen
which may be able to go into the show
room and win renown by carrying off
one of those most coveted prizes. If
you are successful in producing one or
more BIRDS OF exceptionally good points.
my advice by all means to enter it or
them in as many shows as possible.
These birds SHOULD then be mated with
as good or better birds. and in this way
you. might build up a fancy business in
conjunction with your utility one.
Those who make a success of breeding
fancy poultry are indeed comparatively
few in comparison with the number
who make the start in this particular
field, and for that reason l am not strong
an advising anyone to begin his poultry
career along the lines of fancy.
There are vastly more successes with
utility poultry than fancy, and for that
reason | have dWelt upon breeding and
raising along these lines.
The average man can, by using a lit
tie common sense and by putting little
of his energy into the raising of poultry.
make a success of raising utility poultry
for commercial purposes, while the
same man would most likely make a
Aizzle out of his appempt TO breed and
raise fancy fowls.
: 1t might be well at this point, how
ever, to say that the most successful of
those who are engaged in the poultry
business from a utility or commercial !
standpoint are the ones who are pinning
their faith exclusively to single breed
-
Hopping first from one breed to another.
an which case a man rarely ever gets
anywhere. There are many advantages 7
IN the adoption of some good single /
breed and dIscardilg all others, as by s
this means the breeder greatly lessons n
both the expense of keeping them and a
his labor in caring for them. "
NWhere one attempts to keep two or
more breeds, 1t is necessary not only to
provide them with seperate quarters, II
but also entails extra expense in the r.
construction of wire runWays in order ir
that the breeds may be kept entirely ir
as this is absolutely necessary. / h
This, OF course, reduces the amount of r
space which could be allotted to your m
birds, provided single breed were kept, 81
" which case the entire flock may be
ailOwed to roam together over the space
which must be divided where two breeds
IRE kept 1t more than two breeds are IN
ldopted, it further lessons the allotment OF
# space to each breed. This division is Va
necessary in order to prevent the breeds m
rom crossing. ar
Don't expect to conduct the poultrv in
,usiness and make a snccess ~ If IN fo
dleness. 1t cannot be done. Success IS
vi poultry raising means much hard re
york on the part of the breeder, and
Without it your business will never
mount to very much. Or
There are many men who have held tic
he view that chickens will raise them
elves, and who have gone into the game
nth dreams of large returns and the
xpectation of having an easy time of
: Such men have invariably failed,
nd instead Of making money, have lost br,
: In order to realize profit from the ms
oultry business, one must be active, tn,
Ide awake and observant along ali ha
les of industry and must put into prac- spl
&c the knowledge that he acquires,
EVER being afraid to work. Such a the
al will make a success with poultry, an,
if he applies himself to the
'eeding and raising of utility or general ret
lrpOse fowls. aft
In speaking thus, concerning the util- an,
7 end of the poultry game, l do not nei
sh il understood that hold the opinion
ct there is not chance to make mon hor
from fancy poultry. On the other bee
nd there is-that is, for some people. Mr.
1t those who make success, and
srefOre money from breeding this par at
Qlar kind of fowls, are naturally few ton
d far between, and failures in the N
siness are not few among them. Ths
Fancy fowls pay and pay well, pro- Zot
I'D you are successful in raising many Obi
Era fine specimens and are then able n
dispose Of them at q good figure, or visi
'ou can find resdy market for hatch N
eggs at good price. To do this conf
must naturally build a reputation as ents
ancy breeder, and until this is done H
cannot hope to have more than a nett
scattered sales. Mat