The Farm-poultry . s of the judges Ihave found on personal scrutiny that thecritics were putting health, vigor, size, orsome utility point ahead of the generalsmall beauty details which gave the prizewinner its place. Once I said to a man who has handledpoultry all his life, and makes a living outof it, You dont show? No, heanswered, I have raised birds that tookprizes, but I had sold them to myself I like to look over the birds ata big show, but dont care to show, foroften the prize winners are birds I wouldnot trust in my breeding pens, breedingas I do for the market and for eggs.
The Farm-poultry . s of the judges Ihave found on personal scrutiny that thecritics were putting health, vigor, size, orsome utility point ahead of the generalsmall beauty details which gave the prizewinner its place. Once I said to a man who has handledpoultry all his life, and makes a living outof it, You dont show? No, heanswered, I have raised birds that tookprizes, but I had sold them to myself I like to look over the birds ata big show, but dont care to show, foroften the prize winners are birds I wouldnot trust in my breeding pens, breedingas I do for the market and for eggs. Rev. Albert Slatersville, R. I. Despite the omission of the advertise-ment from the last few editions of Farm-Poi ltry, we continue to receive manyorders for our 50 books for 50 a pleasing and profitable recreation forthe long winter nights, the arrangementinto scrap book form of the wealth ofvaried information contained in theseback numbers is just the thing. We paypostage. P Q;.U L T R YANNUAL. This Great Work For lie LittleOr Big. /.. The Poultry Annual just published is thefinest, best, and most up to date work onpoultry ever issued. Its big pages tell allabout the keeping of poultry, and where tobuy the different breeds, incubators, brood-ers, bone mills, feeds, roofing, and all othersupplies. It is invaluable. POULTRY MB The merits of various breeds are fully described ; the mosl approved methods r>f feeding to securewinter eg^rs and f raisin? voun? chicks; the handlinir of breeding fowls, ducks, g-eese aud lurkeys;managing incubators and brooders, in fact, the whole art and science of poultry keeping fully ex-plained by scientists and practical poultrymeii and women. SOME SPECIAL FEATURES. Skim Milk for Poultry, by Prof. Horace Atwood, of the West Virginia Experiment Rest Side of Poultry Keeping, by George S. Barnes, of Michigan, member executive committee American Poultry Keeping on the Pacific Coast, by Harry H. Co
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