The Farm-poultry . nizesanother, and appreciates him, does not seemto me to be one that will stand much of anexamination ; but on the supposition that il iscorrect, what are we to do with the priorstatement as to workingmen who have risen— presumably because of expertness andbrains? ^ A Plea for Conservatism. Breeders of standard breii poultry need toconsider more carefully the nature of theclaims made for their birds when endeavor-ing to influence sales, both in correspondenceami advertising. Il is not uncommon to readdescriptions of birds which, if they could besui).>tantiated, would make
The Farm-poultry . nizesanother, and appreciates him, does not seemto me to be one that will stand much of anexamination ; but on the supposition that il iscorrect, what are we to do with the priorstatement as to workingmen who have risen— presumably because of expertness andbrains? ^ A Plea for Conservatism. Breeders of standard breii poultry need toconsider more carefully the nature of theclaims made for their birds when endeavor-ing to influence sales, both in correspondenceami advertising. Il is not uncommon to readdescriptions of birds which, if they could besui).>tantiated, would make ideal specimensof the birds described. Such expressions as true Plymouth Rock shape, snow white, solid buff, and numerous others, are mis-leading, to say the least. It is well to bear inmind that the perfect specimen has not, yetbeen ])roduced, and there are at present noIndications of an early attainment of this end.—American Poultry Journal, THE POULTRY GARDEN ALLIANCE. Some Advantages of It for Town limitations. |ONG AGrO, someone saidthat neither the poultry inthe garden, nor the gardenin the poultry was a satis-factory thing. With limi-tations this is very the statement neeiisit is my belief that towndwellers generally have no just conception ofthe way in which poultry and garden will sup-plement each other to the benefit of thefamily table and the family purse. One hutidred hens and a good sized gardenbelonging to a fair sized family may be madeto work together so that neither the hens northe garden shall be a very heavy expense, pro-viiled the family will do its fair share towardthe combination. For a dozen years I have listened to thepessimistic talk of the average suburban resi-dent, about poultry and about gardens, mutefor the most part l)ecause I knew that, nomatter what my own experience proved lome. the sul>urbanites experience meant moreto him in the way of irrefragable arirumentthan did mine: besides the fact that, his meth-
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