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 . ence. .4. 16. Buy 1,000 or 2,000 eggs for hatching from goodgeneral purpose matings, of an experienced, reliable and success-ful specialty breeder, hatch them in incubators and raise with IN STARTING IN THE BUSINESS brooders. Select a pen of your finest pullets for breeding ex-hibition stock and buy from the same breeder a fine cock to mate
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 . ence. .4. 16. Buy 1,000 or 2,000 eggs for hatching from goodgeneral purpose matings, of an experienced, reliable and success-ful specialty breeder, hatch them in incubators and raise with IN STARTING IN THE BUSINESS brooders. Select a pen of your finest pullets for breeding ex-hibition stock and buy from the same breeder a fine cock to matewith them. Select the next best pullets for your utility matingsand if you have the means to spare buy vigorous cocks from thesame breeder, if possible, to mate with them. Or, if your cashis running low, use some of your strongest and best cockerelsto mate with the pullets. A. 17. Single Comb White Leghorns. A. 18. I consider them the handsomest and most grace-ful fowl. There is a great and growing demand for them, theirpopularity arising largely from their known ability as layersand the handsome, large white egg bringing a good premiumabove regular prices in the best markets. They are hardy,vigorous and do well both confined and on free range. They. AN ARTISTIC LOCATION FOR DUCKS are a good table fowl when well fattened, the flesh being finegrained, sweet and juicy. They are in great demand for exhibi-tion purposes at good prices, being one of the largest and mostpopular classes in most shows. A. 21. Single-Comb White Leghorns only. A. 22. For reasons already stated in No. 18. Also thesurplus cockerels at 12 to 16 ounces each alive make delicioussquab broilers and sell at high prices. They are great foragersand particularly adapted to free range. NEVER GET DISCOURAGED THE POULTRY BUSINESS WILL PAY A GOODPROFIT- MUCH DEPENDS ON DETAIL WORK KNAPP BROS., Fabius, N. Y. SINGLE-COMB WHITE LEGHORNS SPECIALISTS A. 9. We would buy poultry for main dependence fromthe best breeders of th
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