St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-12-07

do that with any chicken on his
place? can't help it for love
them, and l teach them to come to
me and eat out of my hand They
soon learn to be unafraid.
l have depressed trif1e but l am
sure you will pardon the depression
with the above explanation.
Having selected the right breed of
fancy or standard bred poultry, if
way, it is best to buy some eggs for
Matching from a first-class breeder.
| am presuming that you have
flock of "dung-hills' and can use the
brooding hens to hatch your pure
bred eggs. II you purchase the
stock-one cock and four hens or
pullets-you should not pay less
than $4,000 for the pen, to be insur-
ed that you have fine breeders. You
must know that $500 for five pure
bred chickens is really an ordinary
price for them, which will bring you
what is known as utility breeders"
That is to say, they are pure bloods
but have some minor defect in shape,
defective comb, which is not up to
the qualifications in the book-'The
Standard of Perfection" From such
a pen Of utility breeders you could
breed up birds to the requirements
of the Standard" as near as birds
could be bred, for none reach 100
points-perfection. However, it is
always best to start with stock that
already has been bred up to the re-
quirements rather than take two or
three years to breed them up your
self.
II you don't feel like spending
$4,000 for a pen of pure bloods then
buy the eggs, and you can get them
from $500 to $1,000 per hatch of 5,
but the $500 eggs would be from
the utility stock of the best breed
er, while the $1,000 eggs would be
| his best birds. Which kind do you
prefer?
Now, dear farmer friend, two sit
tings OF eggs, costing you $4,000 will
under ordinary circumstances net
you eighteen matured chickens,
worth, at least, $3.50 each-a total
OF $4,000, or at $500 each, low
estimate, $4,000. Figure that each
bird, from the she'll, has cost you
$3.50 to raise-$27.O0. You have
margin left, above the purchase
of your Matching eggs and the cost
of feeding, OF $4,000.
How can you obtain $500 each
for the eighteen birds? Listen.
Let the world know that you have
hem for sale. by judicious advertis-
ing in Southen poultry journal, Or
through The Farmer, and you'll be
surprised at the result, as there has
never yet been enough supply of
standard bred poultry to fill the de-
mand. You may not know this be-
cause you have never been interest
ed enough in real chickens to find
out, but is none the less true.
Were you ever at poultry show?
| fancy, yes; and didn't you catch
the fever? For a few minutes, per-
haps, but it soon abated because it
required an effort on your part to
accelerate it. You know if you
never make an effort to do anything
in this world it is never done.
There's a fair each year in St.
Tammany parish. All right; get
busy and get into the standard bred
poultry and do yourself proud by
helping make that fair a bowling
success by exhibiting some of your
own raised thoroughbred chickens,
and you will feel a swelling of pride
that will nearly burst your waist
band and initiate your head like a
small balloon. It's good to feel that
way.
When l talk "chicken'' hardly
know when to stop, as there is lot
more to say which l will have to
postpone for future papers, but if
any reader wishes my advice l Will
gladly give it, if a self-addressed
ssami ed evelope accompanies the re-
quess for information, which Inc
Farmer will forward il you treat its
publisher likewise.