HOMl ND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Exhibition Birds vs. Mongrels
BY G. L. WOOD, POULTRY EDITOR.
FROM the advent of the first trap
nest there has been more or less
Indiscriminate trap-nesting, and
the records have had every degree
of variation. When a mongrel hen
made a good record there has been a
big noise made that thoroughbred
stock was not necessary to get eggs.
But there have been a number of
mongrel pens entered in the Eastern
egg-laying contests and so far they
have not made very enviable records
for their owners, neither have they
given the mongrel hen any prestige as
a layer.
There has been the other class of
entries who are proclaiming a spe
cific egg laying type different from
the standard of perfection in many
details. These promoters are ob
jected to by the fancier from the one
standpoint that nearly all of the ex
hibition qualities are sacrificed in
getting their layers.
Mongrel vs. Show nird.
It has taken years to develop the
exhibition bird to his particular type
and color, and as a rule 6he has not
been a bad layer. Sometimes she
has gone into the contests and come
out at the top of the list. The fancier
will not eventually object to length
ening her body If it is found that she
can lay more eggs with the additional
length. But he does object to sacri
ficing her other qualities, which it
has taken time and patience to de
velop, turning his favorite fowl into
a mongrel.
Not all the egg-strains of the coun
try are sacrificing their breed, but
many are, and I would warn the man
who Invests his money In any par
ticular egg-laying strain to learn
whether the breeder has stock that
still has its exhibition qualities in-(
tact. The bird as described In the'
Standard of Perfection will survive,
and that authority will be revised to
meet conditions when necessary.
Future Development,
There will be an interesting strug
gle for business between the man
who sells layers of every shape and
Scratchings in the Poultry Yard
THOSE who become discouraged
at a few failures will seldom
succeed with poultry. Failures
are often met In any line, and poultry
Is no exception to this rule. It takes
persistence to make a success at any
thing. Fortune seldom comes to the sloth
ful person. Fortune moves on soon
after the knock upon the door. Those
who would have fortune enter, must
open the door promptly. This is es
pecially true In poultry raising.
Musty food, mouldy food, and
tainted food of any kind should not
be fed.
Selecting for hardiness should be
the main object, health and vigor to
be given the preference In selecting
each individual. The weakest and
most useless of a flock should be
weeded out as soon as possible.
The best way to feed. cabbage or
beets to puullry is to suspend them'
from the ceiling in a bag made of
one-inch mesh netting. In this way
the birds can pick it and get food
and exercise .at the same time.
Mrs. G. B. Parks, of La Salle,
Weld County, believes she holds the
record in hatching chicks under hens.
Four hens hatched 67 chickens from
as many eggs. Three of the hens
sat on 15 eggs each and one on 12,
and every egg brought a chicken
which lived.
It Is a good plan to seed the breed
ing yards to rye in the late Summer.
This furnishes an abundance of green
feed all through the Fall, Winter
and Spring. The yards should be
plowed right now and sowed in late
August at. the rate of two and one
half bushels an acre. Wheat seed
ing can be sown In the same way but
rye Is more satisfactory. The chick
ens relish green rye and it stimu
lates laying. We have also noticed
that the eggs from hens ranging on
green rye are highly fertile and hatch
strong, vigorous chicks.
When a bird Is debilitated it needs
something nourishing to build up the
wasting tissues. There is nothing
better than a raw fresh egg every
morning until the fowl shows signs
of recovery. Then change off to a
little cooked meat with a little mu
riate of Iron added to the drinking
water. When It is noticed that a
color and the one who has developed
or is breeding a laying strain of a
standard variety, and who can go
Into the show room and walk away
with the honors. The biggest win
in any exhibition of the future will
be with the layer who can land the
blue ribbon.
Expert breeders are not behind the
times in this respect and it is hardly
reasonable to suppose that the ones
who have developed the poultry In
dustry are going to let others come
in and get the cream of the business.
Their theory for the exhibition hen as
a layer has received a high endorse
ment from uo less an authority thi
Professor T. E. Queensberry, director
of the Missouri State Experiment
Station, Mountain Grove, Missouri,
under whose charge the best data of
the laying hen have been developed.
He says In part:
Show Bird Good Layer.
"It does not mean that you have to
entirely disregard shape and color to
breed a good laying strain of any
variety. One of our contestants In
the Buff Leghorn class from Michigan
entered his birds In a good poultry
show two weeks before our contest
began last year. .We now find that
some ot his highest scoring pullets
and some of those which have won
the highest honors in the show room,
are also those which have made the
highest records in the contest by lay
ing the greatest number of eggs.
"His pen is fine in color and shape
as well as leading when It comes to
the egg basket Of course, we all
know that after a pullet or hen has
laid a large number of eggs, It tells
on their appearance for the time be
ing, at least, but that does not neces
sarily mean that these birds will never
be in 'show condition again, or that
their progeny wtll not be birds good
enough to go intothe show room. We
have been Impressed with the show
qualities and the beautiful shape and
color of one of the New Zealand pens
of White Leghorns. This pen cornea
from a breeder who has won In the
contests of that country and is now
also making good records here. We
are quite certain of one thing, I. e.,
It is not necessary to breed a flock of
mongrels for them to prove to be satis
factory layers."
bird is mopish, but otherwise seems
in good health, this sluggishness can
be quickly remedied by giving a
family liver pill just the kind that
you would take yourself when out
of sorts. Repeat the dose each night
for three nights in succession. Al
low the bird free range.
Labor Saving.
The use of labor-saving appliances
and methods presents another angle
which Is worth considering. In many
cases it enables the manager to be
come Independent of experienced
helpers, since he Is able to personally
look after the more important mat
ters requiring skill and Judgment,
and delegate the rest ot the work to
ordinary laborers. Now this ques
tion naturally arises: Will the indi
vidual fowl or growing youngster do
as well when handled in this whole
sale way? Is there not a loss of ef
ficiency as compared with more
painstaking methods? This point
may be open to debate. But admit
ting it for the purpose of argument,
there Is this to be said: The best
policy is that which secures the great
est net returns from the business as
a whole, not merely from the indi
vidual productive units. Baltimore
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