Poultry fancier . twistedfeather or a feather or two not of the proper color,these feathers may be removed some weeks before theshow, and sometimes new ones that are perfect will begrown in the place of those that were defective. Someslight injury may have caused the defect, and nature,given a chance, will overcome it. But this is notalways the case, and such birds should be carefullyexamined before sending them off to an exhibition, and, if the defect has persisted, they should be sum-marily rejected. Birds must be shown in their natural condition, thatis, as nature intended them to be, clean
Poultry fancier . twistedfeather or a feather or two not of the proper color,these feathers may be removed some weeks before theshow, and sometimes new ones that are perfect will begrown in the place of those that were defective. Someslight injury may have caused the defect, and nature,given a chance, will overcome it. But this is notalways the case, and such birds should be carefullyexamined before sending them off to an exhibition, and, if the defect has persisted, they should be sum-marily rejected. Birds must be shown in their natural condition, thatis, as nature intended them to be, clean, well groomed,but not faked. Avoid faking, but even thing, whichcan be done honorably to better their appearance,should be done. In the above hints the writer hassought to steer clear from faking, and to point outhonorable methods of putting birds in a condition toshow to advantage the characteristics which they pos-sess and have derived through breeding. The Coming Fowl. {Ancona) By John Hornett, Swissvale, TTH respect to all other varieties ofPoultry, poultrymen have their fanciesas in any other line of life Some menprefer a white chicken to a dark one,others vice versa. Some prefer a largefowl to a small one. Some prefer asingle comb to a rose comb fowl; andif questioned, all put up a good reasonfor their choice. But considering allpoultry alike what does the fancierkeep them for? The only answer is, for their laying qualities. The eggs that a hen lays ina year loom up more in her keepers mind than herbeauty, and still beauty is wanted in many cases. Fan-ciers then should not overlook the coming fowl, TheMottled Ancona. The Ancona has had a hard struggle of it to get tothe top but she is slowly succeeding, and once shereaches the goal she will be a fixture, for she is withouta fault in poultrydom. Her chief assets are beauty,laying ability and her value as a general purpose fowl. Anconas are known but very little to what they willbe in a few years, throughout the Unite
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