The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-02-28
BUY QUALITY CHICKS
By Prof. w. B. Krueck.


No man ever built a substantial
business on a weak foundation. No
livestock breeder ever made construc-
i've progress by starting with a poor
class of stock for foundation herd.
These facts should be kept IN mind
when considering the purchase OF baby
chicks this year. With q shortage OF
.ash in a great many cases, and low
prices for general farm grains and
farm commodities, there undoubtedly
will be a tendency for great many
people to endeavor to resort TO the
purchase of low priced chicks. IN
most cases, low priced chicks have
oeen disappointment to the people
yho bought them. Look around in
,our community and ask your neigh
,ors what, thar. rea,.lts have oela with
heap chiclsas i ll'ials yoa tiil find
hat the majority 81 t4erl Wcec badly
disappointed, while those who bought
luality chicks from reliable hatcher
es, endeavoring to do job Of I'M
proving poultry for the poultrymen,
have made some profit and have been
successful in the poultry business.
John Ruskin once said that there
vas nothing in the world that could
lot be built cheaper and sold for less,
put the purchasers who bought upon
hat basis were usually disappointed
IN the end Last spring poultry
man in the neighborhood of Peoria,
illinois, bought some chicks at 16
,ents apiece. A few days later he
saw an opportunity to buy some
hicks of the Leghorn breed for .
cents apiece, and figured that he
would be able to lower his average
cost per chick and per pullet by buy
ng some additional chicks. Along IN
November this year, the 16-cent chicks
were producing on go per cent basis
md making him some real money
| They were vigorous, good type, splen-
idly developed, and capable Of con
sinuing on profitable basis. The g.
cent chicks had produced lot Of pul.
/ cts that were low in vitality, small il
size, had never reached 10 per cent
production, were low in vigor and hae
never made any profit. The feeder re.
marked that it was lesson to hin
and that he saw the importance OF
producing good quality pullets BY
starting with good chicks.
In Nebraska recently, farmer wht
had purchased so-called "cheal
chicks" said he had purchased th'
lower priced chicks at saving o
three cents per chick. He sold 10
of poultry from both 10th of chicks il
November, but the chicks that hat
cost him three cents more brough
him an average return of IL cent
more per bird when placed upon th'
market. The chicks had been grow
in the same brooder house, under tn
same brooder stove, were exactly tn
same age, and had been handled in
similar way throughout the sseason
He furthermore remarked that hi
mortality had been considerabl,
greater on the so-called cheap chicks
and that it had been real lesson t
,. him.
If folks are going to be limited i
the amount of finance that they ar
going to invest in the poultry busines
this year, they will do we'll to give
consideration to the purchase of fewe
chicks and the purchase of qualit
chicks. The quality chicks will ma
ture into the type Of pullets tha
will make them some money next fal
Whether they are looking at it fror
meat production basis or from a
egg production basis, they will be haT
pier and more successful in the poul
try business.