Author: Grant M. Curtis
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-03-24
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9780365480280
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Excerpt from American Poultry World, Vol. 7: April, 1916 That the present Standard for white-wyandottes is a fitting one - one that enables breeders to produce exhibition fowls that will also lay eggs in large numbers is demonstrated by the fact' that John S. Martin, originator of the Regal Strain White Wyandottes at Port Dover, Ont., has developed, out of a family of exhibition White Wyandottes, a strain that is creating somepf the highest egg re cords oi today. Yea-raago Mr. Martin began to trapnest his fowls beginning with one female, he called Dorcas, that was -a prolific egg layer. With th1s specimen as a foundation mated to one of his choice exhibition males, he began the breeding of a line of Wyandottes that possessed exh1b1t1on qualities with great egg laying ability. During our visit at Mr. Martin's Regal White Wyandotte farm we were impressed With the excellent show room quality possssed by the specimens in the pens that Mr. Martin was trap nesting. These pens as previously stated sprung from the mating above referred to until now he is in possession of a large flock which he calls his Dorcas Line. Above 1s shown n1ne of'the highest egg record females of the past season. It will be noted that these females show plenty of modern Wyandotte characteristics and show room type as compared with the present day Standard. We feel confident that several of them could be shown in warm company and hold their own among the ribbon Winners. Sane and sensible Standards should be the slogan of breeders of exhibition fowls if we are to build up a poultry industry that has a lasting foundation under it. Fine feathers, fine form and useful qualities should be the requirements as set down by the American Poultry Association in their Standards for all breeds, and we are pleased to find that this is especially so in White Wyandottes, also practically all of-the more popular breeds and varieties - A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
