The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-10-02
Tells GOOD POINTS
OF Utility BIRD
Eradicate the Scrub and Gross Breeds
on Farm, Advises w. \.
Pfeifer.

on Farm, Advises w. \.
Pfelfer.
eChickeni Yellow legged chicken!
With favor that tiekles the palate
and makes the mouth water for more,
Chicken that produces lots of delicate
favored ana wholesome eggs for the
business mans breakfast and the
workingman's dinner pail, is the kind
of chicken that the great mass Of hui
manity is chiefly interested in" was
the statement Of William II. Pfeifer OF
Attention, Mo, in his address on
Chicken as the Public Sees It," at the
Missouri State Poultry Show
Continuing he said: q think You
will agree with me that it is the util-
ity-bred, standardized hen that comes
nearest to filing the bill or require
ments, so let us give her more atten-
ton in the future.
ut is with feeling Of deep appre-
citation for the wonderful achievements
of the little hen and the excellent work
being done ct the Missouri State Ex-
pertinent Station for helping her to
still greater accomplishments that !
come before you as a humble poultry
man who is willing to share with those
who care to listen such information as
he has learned In the school Of exper-
fence.
"The birds at this exhibition are
Judged solely by their outward appear
ance. and outward appearances are
frequently deceivlng. The handbook
by which they are judged is called the
Standard OF Perfection, but 1t applies
only to the outward perfection, while
the inward perfectionfi, the truly use
fuI perfection, is completely ignored in
the awarding Of the ribbons. The birds
that an exhibitor sends to show like
this nearly always represent the very
cream Of his flock, but that by no
means signifies that some of the lesser
lights that he has left at home are eH-
celled in the one vital thing to sueces8-
full breeding, and thit IS utility The
time was-and that not long age. am
in some instances it is still pracIiceG
that the culls Of a flock CT standard
breds were called utility birds and dis
posed of as such. While some Of them
might have been worthy Of the name
by far the greater part were just
simply the undesiTables Of the flock,
nothing more. Now when we step to
consider that by lar the greater mum.
Der Of the people who entered the
poultry business bought this so-called
utility stock. can you still wonder why
so many Of them failed?
aThe time is now at hand for utility
poultry to take its rightfnl place in
poultry culture, for the primary worth
Of all poultry lies in its utilitarian
value. Certainly the culls Of fan
cier's flock should not be sold for util-
ity birds, for their sole value lies in
their carcass and that rule is far be-
low par Take the dressed carcass Of
plump, well-deyeloped Plymouth
Rock, place 1t beside that Of Gull, and
you viii have the indisputable evi-
dence staring you in the face.
ut is not my desire to detract from
the glory that an exhibition bird is en-
titled to nor to behttle the man who
PRODUCES such, but It is a well known
fact amoung students of poultry cul-
ture that only few, a very few Of
the birds that a fancier produces, are
of a high exhibition type, and there
fore they are very valuable, the result
being that there is only an occasional
sale for such stock. The second choice
birds are held to be sold as breeders
and the market is so oyerrun with this
class OF the fancy that the demand
is practically nil, compared with the
number of breeders who are waiting
for prospective buyers. Only the es-
tablished breeder with wide reputa-
ton can dispose CT this class Of stock
at a profit
ron the other hand the utility breed
er can Gull his flock at a far earlier
date and dispose Of his surplus at q
reasonable profit, for he has an ever
ready market and a constantly grow
ing demand for his product at prices
above market quotations Il is the
plump carcass and wholesome table
eggs that attract the greatest atten-
ton from he public. NO only that, Dut
the utility breeder is is not always
outelassed in the showroom, for it is
easier to produce exhibition birds from
a wer-bred and uniform flock Of utility
birds than from an exhibition flock.
In our own lives it Is perfectly plain
to us that it is not the upper crust, nor
the dregs of society, but the great
middle class that causes the wheels Of
civilization and progress to grind. Not
only does the rule apply to humanity,
but it applies TO stock and to poultry.
Therefore It viii pay all poultry
men well to remember that to eradi-
cate the scrub and cross-breeds that
are found upon the farms Of this coun-
try and to replace them with pure-bred
poultry we must interest the farmer
in the highly useful standardized.
I This cannot be done with high-priced
specimens of extraordinary beauty,
nor with an almost worthless lot OF
cast-om culls, but 1t can be done with
/ etAogfy For ct7oa