OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1913

Dangers of Unknown Stock

While I always realized the im-
portance of buying new stock
from careful breeders only, the
fact was never so much impress-
ed upon my mind as when I had
to suffer from the consequences
of a mistake I made in that direc-
tion. _

There lies a great temptation in
bargains, or in profiting by cir-
cumstances that induce the seller
to offer his goods for a reduced
price; and so, after having raised
a flock of fine birds from my high
priced foundation stock, I was
tempted by the low price to ac-
quire a number of birds that I
knew to have originated from a
foundation as excellent as mine.
However 1 was entirely unac-
quainted with the methods of the
breeder, and that is where the
mistake came in.

I made the purchase, and began
incubating before I had time to
thoroughly inspect my new ac-
quisitions. As already mention-

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ed I knew the birds to be of ex-
cellent origin and although they
were reduced in size by wrong
management, they were a good
Orpington type and I knew that
Icould not expect anything better
for the price ] was paying. I
have fine large birds of my own

raising, and wanted this new

stock.as utility stock, since there
is a comparatively very small de-
mand for high class birds. I had
been assured that the birds were
excellent layers, and thought that
by mating my large birds to them
the next generation would show
some improvement, and: that in
time I could produce birds as fine
as the stock they originally. came
from. My calculations proved to
be correct in regard to laying
qualities and general appearance,
but the enjoyment of the beauty
of many of them is marred by a
defect which .we had not noticed
in time in the acquired parent
birds. When the chicks from
this stock were a few weeks old
we discovered to our dismay that

NE eS

l|pullets ‘‘a delight to the eyes.”

many of them had side sprigs.
We investigated the origin of this
defect and found that two cocker-
els and two hens of the acquired

have gone unnoticed in that flock
for some time because it was pre-
sent in some descendents where
the parents were free from it. “|

| Of course I was to blame for
not having noticed the defect im-
mediately, but somehow I looked
for everything else but just this
defect. It did not occur to me
that a supposedly careful breeder
would sell birds with defects that
are disqualifications according to
“The American Standard of Per-
fection.”’ 7 .
After this discovery, I did not
use these birds as breeders, but
simply for egg production, and
sent them to the market as soon
as they were no longer profitable
in this capacity. I shall do the
same thing with all their des-
cendants that have side sprigs,
and thus the ‘‘bargain’’ did not
prove to be a bargain. I would
have done better by putting all
this money into one or two birds.
I could then have been certain of
splendid results, because even
now one amiable breeder who
visited my plant called my young

stock had it. The defect must) _

the more careful for the future.
Henceforth we shall be on the
lookout. ee

To Find the Age of Eggs

The following method for de-
termining the age of eggs is said
to be practised in the markets of
Paris. About six ounces of com-
mon. cooking salt is put into a
large glass, which is then filled
with water. An egg is dropped
‘into the solution. If the egg is
only one day old. it immediately
sinks to the bottom; if any older
it does not reach the bottom of
the glass. If three days old it
sinks only just below the surface.
From five days upwards it floats;
the vlder it is the more it pro-
trudes out of the water.

Making Fifty Per Cent.

The high price of feed makes
one feel that there is not much
profit in market eggs, but when

to produce a dozen eggs, even at
the present price of feed, and
what you get for them it makes
a difference. Where else can you
make fifty per cent, profit in any
business? You can with poultry
and not half try. The man who

you consider. how much it costs |

Test this out, and you will find it

plenty. of good
they will produce plenty of eggs.
The Hazelion.

Hazelton Hospital recta i,

sues tickets for any period irom one:
aonth upward at $1 per month in ad-
vance, This rate includes office consul-
tations and medicines, as well as all
costs while in the hospital, Tickets ob-
tainable in Hazelton from E. C. Stephen-
son and Fred Field; in Ider-
mere, from Rev. F, L. Ste henson, or
at the Hospital from the Medical Super-
intendent.

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