Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-23

! IL the poultryman desires to do the
biggest things.
say what you please of the utility
side of poultry culture; after all, every
man is ''fancier." He by far pre-
fers the good locker" Beauty even
in beast wins not only his devotion
but his dollars. The advantage works
his own flock will be largely deter
mined by the way in which they ap-
peal to his eye. The instant a man s
admiration and love for his business
are lost he had better seek some other
calling. The pure bloods will compel
his daily admiration. His zeal will be
daily quickened. This zeal will be
steam power to the engine of his
progress.
Commands Highest Prices
Who ever heard of fancy price for
a mongrel fowl? She is invariably of
fered at so much per pound, accord
ing to current market prices. One
would be laughed at if he were to
offer mongrel fowls for sale on any
other terms. They are simply hens"
to be sold at from fifty cents to a dol
lar apiece, according to weight
On the other hand, pure bred birds
are hens" plus the best breeding skill
in the world for fifty. or possibly q
thousand years. The type has been
fixed, the color has been bred to a
standard, the temperament has be-
come established and well understood
in fact, the fowls have been bred
to a purpose generation after genera
ton.
This is of great value to the poul-
tryman. whether he be in the business
purely as a "fancier" or wholly as a
commercial proposition. The prices
he can command and expect for his
stock will be determined by the stand
ard quality of his strain. Single birds
of such standardized stock are fire.
quently sold for hundreds of dollars
apiece. 1t is the pure blood points
that command the big figures. Mon
grel stock has no standing whatever
in comparison with thoroughbreds in
this respect.
Quality i'm Meat and Eggs
Like begets like. White Leghorns
produce White Leghorns invariably.
You can count as certainly on what
you will get as though you were pur-
chasing the stock under your own eye.
Light Brahmas will be just as true.
There is no lottery in this business. So
with all the breeds that are well estab-
lished. They are DEPENDABLE in
everything that you undertake to do
with them. This is of supreme value
to the poultryman. He must know
what he will get from his birds every
season and every day.
The quality and quantity of meat
can be reckoned with almost unchang-
ing exactness when standard bred
stock is handled. The skin color Is q
matter of certainty. The size of the
carcass can be counted on weeks or
months before the chick is hatched.
The plumpness of the poultry meat
and the percentage of fat may be
foretold almost with the certainty OF
an eclipse or the rising of the sun
Do you doubt the value of this to the
/ poultryman? II you do, consult any
proprietor of a city poultry market
I that is worthy of your patronage.
Standardized stock will produce
/ eggs of uniform color and size. The
/ dark egg is insdemand in certain mar
kets, the pure white eggs is in demand
/ in other markets. Whatever color
/ your market demands that you should
aim to supply. The mongrel is ut.
terly dependable in this respect. Thi.
one fact should instantly put the
mongrel out of the consideration.
1t is truly amazing what a heteroge.
neous mess of eggs in size and color
and shape the breeder of mongrels
Will bring to market! An attempt tc
classify them Is usually hopeless
Every egg Is likely to be unlike every
other egg! How different the ship.