The Farm-poultry . s not that was a wonder In her Critical about COm-at three years old and was UIOD fault8 in color. But if a poultrykeeper is anythingof a fancier, his preference for buff fowlsin any variety is likely to depend uponbis ability to breed the color to suit ataste which each year grows more critical,and as comparatively few fanciers areskillful breeders, and buff is a very hardcolor to bold to an exacting standard, anunusually large proportion of those whotook up Buff Wyandottes with enthusiasmdropped them after a few years, and theearly indications of a wide general popu-larity
The Farm-poultry . s not that was a wonder In her Critical about COm-at three years old and was UIOD fault8 in color. But if a poultrykeeper is anythingof a fancier, his preference for buff fowlsin any variety is likely to depend uponbis ability to breed the color to suit ataste which each year grows more critical,and as comparatively few fanciers areskillful breeders, and buff is a very hardcolor to bold to an exacting standard, anunusually large proportion of those whotook up Buff Wyandottes with enthusiasmdropped them after a few years, and theearly indications of a wide general popu-larity have not t>een realized. The Bufi Wyandotte stocks of the coun-try today are largely in the bands ofskillful breeders. Their beauty and utilityqualities constantly attract novices andthose who are changing varieties, andtheir growth in popularity is steady,though slow. If it should happen — andno one knows whether it will or not —that a boom in this variety developed, itwould probably be for a few years im-. Egg-s and Poultry in the Old Days In the general exhibit of graceless ignor-ance of the subject displayed by the dailypress, it is a relief to find oneeditor talking more sense aboutcold storage in his nonsensethan most of the fraternity dowhen they are trying their bestto be serious and following is from an edito-rial by Col. Henry Waterson inthe Lmmrille Courier-Journal:The high cost of living isnta myth, of course, but there isa good deal of fictional litera-ture about bow cheap manyhigh-priced articles and com-modities used to be. A minorpoets lay contains a line to theeffect that once upon a timeour very cheapest meal waseggs. That was true in the lay-ing season. But there werelong periods during whichmany persons went withouteggs. Eggs are scarce usedto be the familiar statement,whereas it is now eggs arehigh priced. The laying season used tobegin in the spring time, whenthe bens got their first greenforage. It lasted through thewarm months. Fe
Size: 1474px × 1696px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectpoultrynortheasterns
