Milford chronicle., 1917-06-22
Comparing The Pure Bred
Fowl With The MOngreI
By J. H. MeFAUL, Jr.
In Rights ReseyVedl

year. while the poorest layers among purebreds
will far surpass this number. If by chance your
mOngreie yield 100 eggs year. you must remen-
Der that so Of these must be snld at a fairly good
price 70 pay for her keep, leaving only twenty or
less than two dozen eggs as your margin Of profit
for the year work. Does this payl
Compare these figures with those Of the pure
bred and note the difference. Few purebred fowls
viii lay less than l75 or $50 eggs per year. From
this amount deduct the so eggs necessary to pay
for their keep and you have 100 eggs left Frpm
this your profit is derived as against twenty
eggs. the profit Of the mongrel. II lie very plain
that the purebred is BY far the better fowl from
Then too the meat Of the purebred is Of much
finer texture and flavor than that of the monRrels:
which is largely the result Of the method Of breed
ing. In the breeding Of purebred fowls many
things are taken into consideration which rebound
TO the value Of the stock.
Many persons adhere to the mongrel and seem
adverse 70 the purebred fowls simply because. the
minute purebred is mentioned to them, they seem
70 think that show birds are referred to. Not be-
ing desrous to raise this type of bird they natur
ally are against the purebred.
Remember that to raise purebreds one does not
have 70 engage in the show business nor does he
have to attempt to raise show birds. Il is true
that all show birds are purebreds but it is not true
that all purebreds are show birds. They are far
from il.
We do not recommend the raising Of show birds
by the average person any more than we recon-
mend the keeping Of mOngrels. This is not of
course meant as knock against show birds they
are good for those who desire them but inasmuch
81 the most money maze from chickens rs derived
from the raising Of purebred utility stock this is
the particular branch of the industry in which we
are NEST interested and the talking Of which we
believe will be most beneficial TO you
There are more scrub chickens" today on the
farms than any other place, and this is largely
due to the Indifferent attitude of the farmer and
his particular dislike for all kinds and classes Of
fowls. Mr.. Farmer, schooled in the habits and
traits Of his ancestors, will noe or cannot see the
advantage of keeping chickens. Of course he has
lot Of scrubs" around whose only care is that
given by the women folks and their presence is
only due to the fact that farm is not considered
completely stocked unless chickens are there.
The farmer however, misses his guess when he
thinks that there is money in poultry that is in
purebred poultry. He is right insofar as the mon
grels is concerned. Any farmer who has profited
by advice and supplanted mongrels with purebred
fowls is reaping nice income from them. If you
do not desire the assistance of the fowls in con-
tributng to your yearly income, then just keep on
with the mOngrels and your desires will be graft
ned. If you want the money raise purebred util-
ity birds. not show birds
From these few comparisons believe that you
viii Join with me in saying that there is no room
in the well-planned and well-kept poultry plant
Tor mongrel or even mixed breeds. Pin your faith !
10 something worth while and you will not regret
i in the end-thats when the dollars begin 70 roll
in and help swell your annual receipts.