A little journey among Anconas . nd repairing ships. It is said to have the finest marble arch in the , but not least, it is noted as being the original home of this great andnoble breed of fowls. About half a decade before this town became a part ofthe Italian kingdom, .Anconas were first introduced into England, in the , where they have gained great prominence. In about 1890 they wereimported into America. They have made wonderful progress against thestrong competition ot other breeds. It is indeed interesting to thumb through the pages of old Histories andPoultry Books. T
A little journey among Anconas . nd repairing ships. It is said to have the finest marble arch in the , but not least, it is noted as being the original home of this great andnoble breed of fowls. About half a decade before this town became a part ofthe Italian kingdom, .Anconas were first introduced into England, in the , where they have gained great prominence. In about 1890 they wereimported into America. They have made wonderful progress against thestrong competition ot other breeds. It is indeed interesting to thumb through the pages of old Histories andPoultry Books. Those, for example, which were published about the timethe Anconas first came into prominence are of especial interest to me. Anconas, said the experts, would never make good. They would neverbecome popular. It was claimed that there was no standard; that in Italythe birds were of a dozen different colors; that some were pure black, othersblack and white, other with every known shade of brown and tan mixed in .imom: .i\cu.\./s 21. Two Splendid Specimens of Modern Ancona Development ?./ LITTLE JOURNEY with the black and white. Objections were even made to their being exhibit-ed at the Shows. But in spite of all this gloomy prophecy and actual enmity, the Anconaspushed their egg-laying way to the front. Out of the chaos of color, thereevolved a standard. The great drooping comb and the enormous gills dis-appeared, giving way to combs and gills in proportion to their would smile at the pictures of these early Anconas—with their tremendouscombs, and their gills which rested on the ground when they ate. But to get back to the ancient origin of the breed. To my mind, the wholematter is shrouded in the mistiest kind of mystery. Some claim one thing,some another Considerable speculation and guess-work seems to haveentered into the affair. But I will say this: From what I have been able toglean from the most responsible authorities about the ancient Italian Ancona,I have no
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