Wyandottes and Other Poultry Keeping
SUCCESSFUL POULTRY KEEPING means being successful, not only financially but also in enjoyment and satisfaction.
Poultry keeping is one of our most important
Successful poultry keeping depends upon much the same
things that bring in any business enterprise. To be successful, slothful, careless, extravagant habits must be replaced with thrifty, pains-taking and economical methods. Careful thought must be put into your work. Cause and effect must be studied. Every detail must be looked after carefully, and the hand that receives the income must constantly watch the hand that pays the bills. There is money to be made from poultry, but this business like any other requires learning before great things can be accomplished. Like other business enterprises, poultry-raising pays better and better accordingly as you put more and more thought into the business. Ordinary common sense is the thing most needful In the Poultry Business.
Certain things are true about poultry and poultry keeping, among the number being these:
That poultry and eggs at all times of the year meet with a readysale for cash
That the price of poultry and eggs does not fall below the cost of production.
Where intelligent methods are employed, premium prices can everywhere be obtained for first quality stock, for extra choice, uniform and neatly dressed fowls and strictly fresh eggs. The costs are practically the same when you are rightly equipped for the work to produce first quality articles rather than inferior ones. By the proper use of artificial means, the highest market price can be obtained at all seasons of the year. By adopting up-to-date methods, hundreds of dozens of eggs can be produced during the season of the year when they will bring the highest prices. Hundreds, or even thousands of chickens or ducklings can now be raised with profitably and successfully on a comparatively small plat of ground. A surprising amount of poultry and eggs can be produced on an acre of ground, while a full-fledged operation can be conducted on five acres, where knowledge and good sense go hand in hand.
Not all men have the qualifications to succeed to the same extent, but exceptional cases of success have been obtained in the poultry business, where the methods employed and the man or woman who employs them has put heart and brains into the work. There are several branches of the poultry business that are separate and distinct from each other, although a number of successful men and women whom we know combine two or more branches of the business with success. What one man or woman has done, or is doing, others can do.
New varities are being constantly being created. Regardless of whether you are in favor of this or not, the constant aim has been the improvement either in utility or beauty, or both. The goal sought at all times in the breeding of every variety is greater excellence, and the man or woman who understands the nuanes of breeding and has eye for outline to the best advantage will be rewarded. The competition is keen and there is a widespread and constantly growing desire to “own the best.
The American Standard of Perfection, an illustrated book
of some 300 pages, is often referred to as the national guide of poultrymen. This book is published by the American Poultry Association, a national organization devoted to the advancement of the Poultry Industry. The Standard book sets forth each class, breed and variety
and each and every variety is carefully described as to size, form and color. Every expert breeder is aiming to produce fowls from year to year that will, as near as possible, meet the standard requirements.
A hundred years ago there were no Silver Laced Wyandottes, White Wyandottes, Buff Wyandottes, White Plymouth Rocks, Buff Plymouth Rocks nor Buff Leghorns in this country. During the last century more new breeds have come into existence, and we now have Partridge Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks, Columbian Wyandottes, Orpintons, Rhode Island Reds and others, many of which are now described in the latest edition of American Standard of Perfection. The majority of these did not exist in the world prior to the twentieth century.
Fabulously high prices, when compared with the popular idea of the value of “chickens”,are often paid for standard-bred fowls of exhibition quality. Strictly fresh eggs are guaranteed to bring a premium above current prices.
Whether you are interested in poultry as a business, or a hobby, or raising poultry for exhibition, you will find the resources and information here.
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