Successful poultry keeping : a text book for the beginner and for all persons interested in better poultry and more of it--contains the "secrets of success" both for pleasure and profit--new and valuable information on all branches of the poultry business . moderatesize. Suitable advice for the amateur breeder is for him tokeep everlastingly showing and constantly seeking informationand if his stock is of high quality and simply unplaced becauseit is improperly fitted or conditioned, success will come to himin one or more years. Fitting fowls for the shows is a constant theme in thepoultry pre
Successful poultry keeping : a text book for the beginner and for all persons interested in better poultry and more of it--contains the "secrets of success" both for pleasure and profit--new and valuable information on all branches of the poultry business . moderatesize. Suitable advice for the amateur breeder is for him tokeep everlastingly showing and constantly seeking informationand if his stock is of high quality and simply unplaced becauseit is improperly fitted or conditioned, success will come to himin one or more years. Fitting fowls for the shows is a constant theme in thepoultry press. In fact during the past year several instructiveand practical articles have appeared in the R. P. J. dealing with this importantand necessarybranch of the poul-try business. Thistype of fittingarticle usually pre-sents detailed di-rections for the suc-cessful washing offowls, but unfor-tunately does notexplain clearly howthe fowls should betreated after theyare washed, or fromthe time they leavethe rinsing tub un-til their plumagehas returned to itsoriginal drynessand seems advis-able at this time topresent a completesystem for fittingstandard-breds forthe show ratherthan to indicatesimply our processof drying and fluff-ing the THE BARREL DRYER By holding the wet fowl over the mouth ofthe barrel dryer, slowly drying portions of theplumage—such as under the wings, back, etc.—can be specially heated and made to dry uni-formly with the remainder. THE NECESSARY APPLIANCES Thorough washing and the proper subsequent treatment willimprove the appearance of almost every fowl whether its coloris white, black or an intermediate shade or shades. From fourdays to three weeks before the show (depending on whetheryou will wash one, two or three times) the fowls you contem-plate exhibiting, together with some three to ten more, shouldbe brought to a warm room where the washing can take wash-boiler of boiling water (preferably rain water); twotubs for colored
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