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MONDAY, JANUARY 25.
BEST METHOD OF COMBINING
UTILITY QUALITIES WITH FANCY
Mistaken Theory That They
Cannot Be Bred Into One Bird
Practical Breeders Have Dem
onstrated Advantages of Pro
ducing Both
By JAMES P. HOPKINS,
Poultry Judge, Lecture.-*and Author.
Copyright 1915.
The old theory that utility and
fancy qualities must be bred sepa
rately is rapidly disappearing. In
fact, it is an exploded doctrine,
for both qualities are now being
combined by the most progres
sive men In the poultry industry.
Surprising results have been ob
tained at leading state and other
experiment stations. Beginners,
therefore, should not be discour
aged by old theories, but should
study the possibilities of breeding
from stock with good utility and
fancy records. The results win
well repay them in financial re
turns.
Within the past few years, there has
appeared in the poultry press much
for and against the fancy and much
sa'd in favor of utility until the aver
age beginner is utterly at a loss as to
which road to take. In most cases
there has been no give-and-take in
the matter of utility or fancy, and both
sides have written in the majority of
cases from their own viewpoint.
The dyed-in-the-wool utility breed
er condemns anything that “smacks"
of the showroom and in some cases
the fancier is just as narrow regard
ing utility qualities. But the reaction
can be seen, especially during the past
few years. Laying contests have had
much to do with this condition of af
fairs, and the different state experi
ment stations, which, by the use of
the poultry public that the so-called
cases, careful feeding, have shown to
trap nests, good housing and in some
utility breeders’ fowls have made good
records. But more remarkable still,
fowls from the yards of the fancier
have also been among the leaders.
Then the egg-type theory, as it was
known, was exploded when fowls, not
of the accepted egg type, from differ
ent breeders made wonderful records.
So, as each year goes on, theories have
been relegated to the rear and practi
cal tests by experiment stations and
the country’s leading breeders have
shown that there is still much to learn
regarding poultry culture. Utility
stands for productiveness in the fowl,
egg's and meat, and in paying quan
tity. Whenever a flock is so bred by
progressive breeders that it performs
better han the average hen, it is
called a utility strain, and herein lies
a fauld becoming more general each
year. Anything that looks like a chick
en but has fair producing powers has
been labeled "utility fowl,” and in
many cases not to be disputed they
are little more than scrubs.
Utility Fowls Often Merely Culls.
In some cases utility fowls are sold,
though they are culls from the good
flock, and instead of finding their way
into the hands of the beginner 1n
poultry should have been sold on the
open market for what they could bring.
It is in such cases that the beginner
receives his first lesson in poultry and
many times it is his last in the pur
chase of so-called utility stock, that
in reality are not more than culls. The
fact must be considered that the good
utility strain of any breed, made so
bv its past and present records as lay
ers, or a combination of layers and
flesh-formers, are worth considerably
more than a few cents above the mar
get quotations. In fact, the hatching
eggs, day-old chicks, or stock are
worth as much from a utility stand
point as the fancier’s fowl with its
show-room points. A 200-egger is
worth as much as the leading blue no
bon winner at any of the good poultry
shows, for, in spite of the high records
one reads about, they are just as hard
to obtair as a point winner at the
leading shows.
So when one reads about utility
strains with a price but a few cents
above the market quotations, it is time
to question whether they are really
all that is claimed for them. The fan
cier in spite of the opposition shown
bv the rank and file of commercial
poultry .aisers, has still held his own.
When the farmer wishes to improve
his flock either in Plymouth Rocks,
Wyandotte,s Rhode Island Reds, Orp
ingtons, Leghorns, etc. the fancier has
had the call for the order. Why. First,
because everyone knows that the lead
ing fancier has in his breed shape
characteristic, that is utility; second,
uniform color, that is fancy and when
egg production is added to this, it
means a utility fowl in the fullest
sense. This is what more progressive
breeders have in their flocks thai\ the
average beginner realizes.
Quality Commands Price.
But when these characteristics,
shape, uniform color of plumage an<l
egg production are stamped in a strain
the price of eggs, day-old chicks and
stock is double the price of the so
called utility strain, because added
Characteristics are harder to obtain
than one or two of the utility quali
ties, and here is the point on which so
many beginners are at loss as to what
to do In the first place, the average
beginner wishes first of all eggs, and
nlenty of them to supply the home
table' and to pay the feed bill and up
keep of the poultry plant, be it larfce
or small. This quality can he found
in any utility strain of almost any
breed. But most people are also lovers
of the beautiful and like the flock to
look fairlv uniform. In such a case,
thev must look further than to Just
the'plain utility breeder, who does not
care if a Ocghorn's tail go«s straight
un in the air, or If Its comb is as largo
n ; a Minorca's, or If the legs are yel
low or white, or the eyes fish-colored,
and plumage, as so often seen, yellow
or whether the Plymouth Rock has
barring all over Its body, any color
but the proper one. or the Rohde Is
land Red has a lemon neck, red bnek
and saddle feathers another color. In
'his case, they will eventually wind up
in getting stork from the so-called and
much-abused fancier, who. It has been
claimed breeds only for feather and
not for utility, and who some times
advocates that fine feathers and cgg
production cannot be combined. In
this they are wrong for the best feath
ered fowl a Madison Square Garden
—lnner car. he a high producing layer,
■md at the same time have shape (th*
characierirtlc of the breed;, and this
LIGHT BRAHMAS
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Copyright 1915.
By Louis Paul Graham.
“The King of All Poultry," the Light
Prahma. iR the first product of the
American poultry fanciers’ skill.
These first specimens came into
America from India, about 1846 and
seven years later specimens of the
Light Brahmas were exported to Eng
land, the first of these going to the
late Queen Victoria, and they rapidly
became popular on both sides of the
Atlantic. Their great size, strength
and vigor, prolific egg-laying qualities
and value as exceptionally fine table
poultry, endeared them to fanciers and
commercial poultrymen alike.
There are several strains of Light
Brahmas in the New England States,
which have been exceptionally well
developed as layers and almost the
first sensational 200-egg hen (record
proven by trap nesting) was a Light
Brahma, which laid 268 eggs in one
has been proven not only by breed
ers of long years of experience tut by
the different experiment staions and
laying contests as well.
Proper Breeding the Thing.
It only means proper breeding. To
the utility poultry raiser, who cares
nothing for the show room, or does not
aim to sell hatching eggs, day-old
chicks or stock, but aims only to sup
ply New York and the surrounding
zone with shelled eggs, it matters lit
tle what the flock looks like so long
as the best layers are picked to keep
up the uniform egg supply, and it is
vastly easier to breed for one char
acteristic, egg production, than to
watch for shape, plumage, etc., and
such a commercial breeder will make
money.
But this does not mean that the
two—utility and fancy—cannot be com
bined. For all over the country are
today progressive breeders (fanciers,
so-called) who are working along tne
lines of fancy and utility—lt means
closer culling, for all specimens re
tained must not only possess a good
egg reco d, but they must also have
the characteristic of the breed and
plumage. This means a closer cull
ing, for whereas the utility breeder
retains all good egg producers, the so
called fancier must reject many which
do not come up to the standard in
shape and plumage, and the higher art
of breeding is well worth the money
paid by any beginner, who seeks the
best possible start in poultry.
It has been said that one cannot
serve two masters and serve them
well and that for the best possible
results, one must either go in for the
fancy or the utility. This is not so,
for the two can be combined and it
is serving but one master, only the
combination is harder to accomplish,
utility only or fancy only.
But, as in every line of business
endeavor, the profits are greater in the
combination of both than would be in
following one line. It is true that in
the past, and perhaps will be in the
future to some extent, that a few
fancy breeders in their ambition for
show-room honors have to some ex
tent neglected the utility qualities ot
their flocks and have retained fowls
only because ,of their shape and plu
mage, neglecting egg production. But
in most cases, the leading progressive
breeders of the country are working
along the lines of utility, are using
trap nests and breeding only from
good egg producers, for they appre
ciate the call is for the producing hen,
and will continue to work along utility
lines, as well as fancy. That the fancy
and utility breeders are being brought
closer together each year is shown in
the experiment tests and laying con
tests and the trap nest, and practical
breeding is proving to all poultry rais
ers that the heavy producing flock la
not a matter wholly of shape, color ot
feathers or eye, or the size of the
comb, but is due to breeding from good
layers and from the males and female*
that have the breed characteristics and
plumage. It Is ulso demonstrating that
the undersized utility flock can be
made productive with a true breed
shape and good plumage, which means
only on thing, closer culling and mors
pains in selection and in the end more
profit.
Next week Michael K. Boyer,
poultry editor of the Farm Jour
nal, will contribute an article on
■'Getting Busy for Spring Work."
The Illustration by Louis Paul
Graham will show Rose Comb Buff
Leghorns.
MINE STRIKE CONFERENCE.
Cleveland, Ohio—Daniel J Xeefe and
Uywell Davies, federal strike concili
ators. appointed by Secretary of La
bor W. B. Wilson, went Into confer
ence today with local operators of the
Eastern Ohio field, where 15,000 miners
have been on strike since April 1. They
hoped to be able to conclude hearing
the min- owners’ side of the contro
versy before tonight.
The Best Croup Medicine.
Mothers who have had experience
with It will agree with Mrs. Oran A.
Sw'ftldner, Roanoke, Ind., as to the
best croup medicine. She writes,
"Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Is the
best croup medicine I know of because
It br»aks up the attack.” For sale by
all dealers.
year. Not all Brahmas will do as well
as that, hut it is a fact that the fe
males generally produce large num
bers of brown eggs and most of these
in winter.
Thse fowls are hardy and do ex
ceptionally well, either in confinement
or on free range. The hens will get
broody, sit, hatch and rear chicks. The
chicks are strong and vigorous making
rapid rugged growth, but the pullets
do not lay until six months old. Old
breeders claim that it actually takes
eighteen months for a Brahma, male to
reach full size and complete develop
ment.
A small fence will keep them in their
yards, four feet high being ample. They
are most excellent for table poultry,
from broiler size to roasters and are
especially desirable in some localities
for capons.
The females weigh from eight to
ten pounds, males from ten to twelve
pounds and many males will weigh
close to fourteen pounds.
Poultry and Egg Dealers—
Guaranteed and Dependable
The Herald cheerfully recommends
the following reliable and dependable
dealers. Mention The Augusta Her
ald in answering these ads and The
Herald will guarantee satisfactory
service.
FOR SALE—Poultry and Eggs
HALF PRICE: 300 BREEDERS AND
exhibition Barred Rocks, Black I.ang
shans, While Indian Runner ducks, Co
lumbian and Buff Wyandottes. Dutch
Fork Truck Farm, Columbia, S. C. a2B
ANCONAS: THE EVE R-L AYI N G
black beauty strain. I won with both
birds entered at Marlboro and five out
of six entries at Eastern Carolina shows.
Eggs, *l, $2 and $3 per cetting. .1. D.
Epperson, Sumter, S. C., State Vice-
President, Ancona Club of America. f 22
FOR QUICK SAI.7: WH ITE _ LEO HORN
pullets, and hens, one year old. Young’s
strain. SI.OO each, all laying. Extra fine
cockerels; White Leghorn and Wyan
dottes, $1.50 to SIO.OO. T. W. Payseur,
Gaffney, fl. C. (22
BEST BY TEST: WHITE LEGHORNS
and White Cornish, greatest egg and
meat breeds known. Finest sto<k and
right prices. John L. Jolly, McCormick,
8, C. (22
FOR SALE—Young Mules,
MFL.KH FOR H\u: HKINO oWlIOEI)
to raise money, I am offering four
choice jnuleH for sale. Neither of them
is over eight years old and each one ia
without blemish or defect. They are
in good condition and weigh from 1,-
000 to 1,050 each when fully fat. For
quirk sale, I will sell at much less than
their real value. J. W. Williams, Fair
fax, S. C. ftt
Tom Watson, Excel
and ail other standard aorta. Write
for Catalog. It tells how to grow
and ship WATERMELONS. I
grow watermelons expressly for
seed.
D. H. GILBERT
(Beed Grower).
MONTICELLO, FLA.
It Pays to Buy
The Best Poultry
My Chickens are tho very best
strain of Buff Orpington. Eggs
for hatching, and breeding chlek
ens for sale. Also have a fins
lot
SQUABS
Phone or Bond your orders In at
once.
R.. W. Whitaker
Phone 2283-J. 102 Pine Bt.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
WHEAT PRICES
SUIT REVIVED
Was Filed Seven Years Ago
Under Sherman Anti Trust
Act. Would Bar “Call
Committee.”
Chicago.—Hearing of the federal suit
filed seven years ago against the Chi
cago Board of Trade was called in the
United States district court today with
James A. Patten, former board of trads
operator, and Adolph J. Llchstern, a
broker, named as one of the impor
tant witnesses.
Investigation recently begun by the
federal government into the wheat
prices throughout the nation is said
to have caused the hearing of the old
suit at this time.
The suit, filed under the Sherman
anti-trust act, seeks the abolishment
of what is termed in the suit ns the
"call committee,” which, it is alleged,
was in operation in connection with
the board of trade several years ago.
It is alleged that members of this
committee, who were members of the
board of trade, would meet after the
board had closed every afternoon and
fix prices on all grain.
Government officials contend this
action was arbitrarily fixing the price
of grains in violation of the law. The
action was so effective, it is alleged,
that it prevented any lowering of
prices.
This committee was discontinued
several years ago, according to offi
cials of the board.
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AND EVENING—
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SUCCESS—
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MOON.”
30 PEOPLE 30
WITH BAND AND ORCHESTRA.
POPULAR PRICES.
Seats now sellinq.
PRICES—
Matinee 50c, 250
Evening 50c, 35c. 25c.
At IIJOU Today
Linton DeWolfe's “Broadway Fol
lies" Present “IZZY’S BUSY DAY.”
Time: Present. Place: Anywhere.
Scene: Drug Store.
You’d better lino up early with
the anxious crowds as today will
be a busy day at the Bijou when
“IZZY’S BUSY DAY" holds the
boards. In the Broadway Follies
Company there are many features,
among them being Olive May Cody,
the girl with the dreamy eyes; Leo
Kdmonds, the Typical Tad, a langh
a minute; Martin Lee, the Little
Hebrew (Ain't dos awful); DeWolfe
and Cody. Dancers I)e Luxe, in the
latest dances; the Cabaret Trio,
Monarchs of Ragtime; Kdmonds
ai.d Roberts, in the Fun Factory.
Same Prices—loe and 20c.
BE BIJOU-BOUND.
eTDAiin t«i>ay oniy
oi nan u continuously
Henry W. Savage, through
Paramount Program, presents
the celebrated legitimate star,
EDWARD ABELES.
“THE MILLION,”
A mystery farce, with as many
laughs as the title, in which the
star impersonates six entirely
distinct characters. Edward
Abeles is a great Rroadway
star, and Is the one who made
mill'ons laugh in “Bre.wster’s
Millions.” The offering is a
notable one, and Is scoring a
great hit everywhere. Schedule
of starting hours: 10:30, 11:30,
12:30, etc.
SAME PRICES: 5c and 10c
THE BEST—SO COME.
CASH BARGAINS
i/o doz. cans No. 3 Mary
land Chief Tomatoes
i/o doz. cans good Sugar
Corn 50^
\/> doz. cans Van Camp’s
Tall Evaporated Milk
for 50^
6 cakes Octagon Soap
for 25<
7 cakes Lenox Soap
for 25^
One two pound Bucket
Flake White Compound,
Lard 22^
One pound Arbuckleß
Coffee, ground ..
10 pounds Granulated
Sugar 60^
Florida and Home Grown
Vegetables a specialty.
Give me a call.
L. A. GRIMAUD
(TWO STORES)
232 Marbury, Phone 1311
210 Cumming, Phone 1305
will stop
that itching*
If you are suffering' with eczema,
ringworm, rash or other tormenting
skin-eruption, try Resinol Ointment
and Resinol Soap. You will be
surprised how quickly the itching
stops and the skin becomes clear
and healthy again.
Resinol Ointment amt Resinol Soap also clear
away pimples ami dantlrtilf. Sold by all drug
gists. Prescribed by doctors for 20 years. For
tree trial, write to 30-S, Resinol. ltaltimoro.
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/A thirst is a \
/ great blessing i
/if you can get I
/ Chero-Cola. Drink
I it from the bottle—
I through a straw, i
I Always uniform. I
Perfectly delicious. /
V rChero-Cola-
LILLIAN
RUSSELL
The Name Stands
For the Best in
Face Creams, Pow
ders, Lip Sticks,
Rejuvenating Pow
ders, etc.
Many of Augusta’s
leading ladies have
tested these pre
parations during
The Herald’s M. &
M. contest. Ask
them what satis
faction and what
pleasure these Lil
lian Russell pre
parations have
given.
A limited amount
of these famous
Creams, Powders,
etc., may he had at
the following
stores. Ask for
them tomorrow:
—AT—
T. G. Howard’s
Store No. 1.
Green & Horsey’s.
Wise Dry Goods
Company.
Andrews Bros. Co.
Wise Dry Goods Co.
January Slaughter Sales are to be fea
tured at this store. Here is one for Mon
day and Tuesday—it affords a remark
able opportunity to women who are de
sirous of saving. Below is only a partial
list of the good things we have for you.
Come to the store and see for yourself.
DOMESTICS
Lower in price than in many years.
15c Lonsdale Cambric, in mill
ends, at 10c
7Ac 36-inch Bleaching at 64c
25 yards of 36 inch Sea Island, worth
7 Ac per yard, for SI.OO
Genuine John P. King Sea Island,
heavy fine grade, at . . 5c
The White Goods
Slaughter is on in
Full Force
And means quite a saving if taken
advantage of now.
40-inch White Voiles, which we would
like for you to compare with any 35c
value on the market, at 25c
35c soft 40-inch Mulls, at. . . . .25c
25c 36 inch White Flaxons, at . .19c
35c White Ratines, at 25c
75c 45-inch White Costume Linen,
at 50c
Mill Ends of regular 25c White Check
Dimities, at \2\c
Regular 25c White Repp at 19c
45-inch White Indian Head at . .. 20c
28-inch Indian Linon, at 10c
36-inch White Pajama Checks, worth
12£c per yard, at 10c
Don’t Fail to See the
Beautiful New Ging
hams and Percales
Which have just arrived, fine for
Children’s and Ladies’ Dresses, also
Men’s Shirts.
1236-inch Percales, at 10c
10c 36-inch Percales, in mill ends,
at. . M.W. ..... . 64C
Large assortment of Ginghams and
Cheviots, at 10c
7£c to 8c Dress Ginghams at . .. .6jc
7£c standard Apron Ginghams, at 5c
Some of the Best Values in
White Nainsooks That We
Have Ever Offered
One lot of Mill lin(ls from about f> to 30-yarrl
lengths, nothing in the lot that would not be
good value at 25c; your choice of this lot
while it lasts at 15£
15c 36-ineh White Nainsook, also in about
the same lengths; your choice of this lot
at 10£
$2.50 White Nainsook, one piece in a box of
12 yards, for $1.98
King Phillips’ Nainsook, worth $2.50 of 12
yards to piece, at $1.98
Wise Dry Goods Co.
858 BROAD STREET AUGUSTA, GA.
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