Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-23
Standardized Stock Is SUI
perior From Every Possible
Point of View
The Mongrel Must Go if the
Progressive Poultryman
Completes in the Open
Market
BY G. r. Smith
Author and Practical Poultryman.

Standardized poultry is at the
front. No mongrel has half n show
in comparison with the blue blOods of
among most experienced poultrymcn.
But there are yet many amateurs who
hold to the old myth that Standard
bred stock has been pampered and
coddled and bred "in-and-in" so much
that 1t lacks in physical stamina, and
therefore in every quality that is most
desirable.
ITNHIS is great mistake. No man
can win in poultry culture until
he gets such false ideas utterly
out of his head. No man can be a
front line breeder of good fowls until
he abandons his "mongrel" nonsense
and dedicates himself once for all to
the breeding of the purest standard
stock he can find. The purer the
blood and the more standard the stock
the more certain he will be to win in
the end.
Purity Stands For Quality
The hardest and the most vigorous
birds l ever saw / purchased from the
best standardized stock No man
understands better the highest quail:
ties" to be sought after in poultry
than the top-notch breeders of fancy
and commercial fowls-and no man
aims more steadily and more intelli-
gently to secure such qualities He is
specialist along exactly this line
He never loses sight of his mark He
knows that his business life depends
on his hitting this bulls eye of phys
ical stamina three hundred and sixty
five days in the year. No mongrel
breeder could be more scientific and
persistent in this particular than the
down-to- date breeder of pure-bred
poultry.
Egg-laying qualities are equally
sought after. Fine feathers and fine
physique are by no means the only
objective points. Any breeder is dis
tinctly behind the times to-day If he
fails to make the most of the trap
nest and the egg-laying contest There
are thousands of these standard stock
men throughout the country, and
every one of them who is worthy of
the name is giving the most scientific
attention to the building of a heavy
laying strain of birds.
The man who is seeking after fowls
of the highest quality in every respect
should purchase his foundation stock
from the most reputable producers of
the most blue -blooded" birds II
makes no difference what the breed.
Get the latest and the choicest product
of the most famous yards your purse
Will permit you to patroniZe. What
dairyman would not prefer the full
blood Jersey or Guernsey or Holstein
herd to the herd of every possible kith
and kin and kind and color, The
heaviest laying bird 1 ever owned was
a White Wyandotte of the purest
American blood. The famous 314-egg
hen. Lady Byzantine" is a high caste
White Leghorn. Never fear the
| standard stock for high qualities
in any direction. The mongrel will
| fake you five times as often.
Pure BlOods Compel Admiration
! You can't help admiring a standard
/ bred bird. That means good deal
/ for mans business. merchant s
goods must challenge the attention
and please the fancy of the customer
/ Otherwise few sales will be made Ap-
/ pearance Is half the battle.
Mongrels. and even crosses, are at a
serious disadvantage in this respect.
Now and then an individual will show
| unusual beauty; but take the flock
as whole and place 1t by the side
of an equal number of thoroughbreds,
ard the latter will win out tenfold in
| commanding the admiration of the
| public. 1t is the pure bred Clydes-
dales. Percherons, Hackneys, ETC.
rather than the common no-breed
country plugs, that command the zeal
Gus admiration of the public at the
fairs and the horse shows So 1t is
with blooded cattle, blooded dogs, and
blooded cats-and 1t is Just as true
with blooded fowls. There is an aris.
tocracy of beauty and symmetry and
] type that must never be overlooked