. The Cuba review. 28 THE CUBA R E V I E VV Poultry Wisdom. Some one has ligurcd that tlic Anuri- can hen in a year earns enough to buy all the silver and gold dug out of our mines, all the sheep in the country and their wool, and leaves a balance equal to tlic entire year's crop of rye, barley, buck- wheat and potatoes. Or, as a hen en- thusiast writes us, "She pays the inter- est on all the farm mortgages and pays the entire state and county taxes of the whole Union. Secretary Wilson says that she is pm- ducing one-half billion dollars annually, and she is a formidable competitor of whe
. The Cuba review. 28 THE CUBA R E V I E VV Poultry Wisdom. Some one has ligurcd that tlic Anuri- can hen in a year earns enough to buy all the silver and gold dug out of our mines, all the sheep in the country and their wool, and leaves a balance equal to tlic entire year's crop of rye, barley, buck- wheat and potatoes. Or, as a hen en- thusiast writes us, "She pays the inter- est on all the farm mortgages and pays the entire state and county taxes of the whole Union. Secretary Wilson says that she is pm- ducing one-half billion dollars annually, and she is a formidable competitor of wheat for precedence on the farm. Thoroughbred Fowls Prontable. The reason a farmer should buy thor- oughbreds for his parent stock is simply because superior qualities in poultry can be obtained in no other way. It is not because the feathers are white, black, barred or bufif, or because so and so's grandfather won the blue ribbon. Chickens are not judged for their mar- ket qualities in poultry shows. If some- one would create a strain from mongrels that would be uniform in appearance, lay eggs of uniform color, size and shape, and possess desirable market qualities, it would make very little difference to the farmer whether they were recognized as thoroughbreds or not. The summary of the market situation is that, with an average weight for adult fowls, including mongrels, at four and one-half pounds, it will pay better to raise stock that will average six to eight pounds, such as W'j-andottes or Ply- mouth Rocks. Thoroughbreds will weigh more than mongrels on similar feed rations and bring a better price, say the commission merchants and packers. The reasons are that the jneld of meat is greater, with less bone, they sell for more at retail, are more shapelj'. more uniform, in fact in every way more de- sirable for market purposes. All the leading packers agreed that thoroughbreds would weigh more than mongrels on similar feed rations. Some estimated their weight at ~^ per cent,
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