Milford chronicle., 1928-10-12

always been the habit of American
breeders to avoid the mongrelizin,
of flocks and breeds. 1t would be al
right if all the cross-bred chick!
were killed off at the end of theil
first year or sooner. In other words
it is dangerous thing to recon.
mend except in the hands of experts
who can so control their operations
that no cross-bred stock will be bred
from, the next year. Some of these
crosses are sure to ge t into the
hands of careless poultrymen and
then the work of those who are
looking forward to seeing a pure
bred flock on every farm" will suf-
fer.
Mr.. Jones is opposed to cross-bred
chicks for broilers, because, as he
says, 1--WE have big demand for
Barred Rock chicks the year round,
a large percentage going to the
broiler trade and we have built up a
wonderful business on this variety
of fowl which usually brings a five
cent premium above any other
breed. So why raise cross-breeds?
Since 1911 we have been trying to
encourage the farmer to raise pure
bred poultry, and I think we ought
to continue doing so. Once you
start to cross a White Rock with a
White Wyandotte, it may be alright
for the first cross, but would think
the next cross would produce a col
ored mongrel."
Outlook Promising
Cold storage holdings of poultry
on August LIST, showed small sup
ply of all kinds of poultry meat eX-
cept fowls. Fowls were in more
than normal supply because so
many folks became discouraged last
spring and sold off whole fiocks of
layers. Many of these same folks
will be back in the business with
their laying houses full of pullets
this fall. Eggs are selling easily at
higher prices. Crops of corn, wheat
and oats are above normal, and the
feeder should feel the effect of low
er grain prices in several months.
Indications point to greater activ-
ity in all lines of poultry work and
the wise boys anticipated this. They /
were buying chicks and pullets in
July, August and September. Our
ing August and September" Mr..
Jones said, 1--WE could not fill the
demand for our chicks, turning
away several very large orders. We
lay this heavy demand for our
chicks to the work we are having
lone by the Delaware State Board of
agriculture in having every bird
and inspected at regu-
ar intervals so that all of our bree-
lers are housed under sanitary con-
litions. Furthermore, the birds have
unlimited range, supply of green
God, eggs are collected several
lines daily, kept in the right tenn
)erature, incubators watched over
lay and night and never vary de-
,ree, the chicks being taken out of
he incubator at the right time and
lacked in the right containers. All
his helps to put a good strong heal
by chick in the hands of the grow
r; and if this practice is followed
y all other hatcherymen and poul-
rymen, the demand will continue to
Increase for chicks the year round
o be used for broilers, roasting
and capons, as well as for
ayers and breeders"
Varying Costs
To show the possibilities along {
ne lines of Matching and growing {
hicks the year round, we will let ]
If. Jones tell his experience in his
wn words. Jones, by the way,
new nothing about poultry when he S
tarted in 1911-12. When he took up c
he Rocks in 1914 he had capacity I
1900 eggs, from which he has de- a