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Show W 0 OAMXIlAW OAMXIlAWWkick I Wkick Whlcb Breed Bre J Skidd Sbould Ta YOD * Choosej Ch * ? , Last Lest week I outlined outUnetl the extra extraordinary - extraIordInary ordinary qua qu J1ti68 lltl i of White extra-I extra I Leg Leghorns Leghorns horns as the most popular of an anwhlteegg allwhite-egg allwhite egg whlte-egg whlte egg - - layers In America Thl Thuweek week we can consider the merits meritof * I Iof of dualIpurpose several of the more popular dual-I dual I dual-purpoce dual purpoce - - purpose breeds Lfs $ L t/s t s / start with withth , , the * Rhode Island Reds . . Perhap Perhal- Perhal Perhalmore Perhapmore - more real reaJ ett-breeding ett breeding egg-breeding egg - " work hasl haslbeen ha-abeen ha abeen - been done with the Reds than anyl anylother anyother other heavy breed In the Newi NewiEngland NewEngland England States Reds are the most mostpopular ' popular of all breeds The New NewEngland NewEngland England markets have always pre- pre preferred pre preferred - ferred brown eeggs and thus most mostof mostof of the commercial egg farms In Inthese inthese these six northeastern northeostem states 0p- 0p - 0perate op operate erate with Rhode Rhooe Island Red hens henaThe . The egg production of these thes * flocks flocksper flocksper per bird is equa.1 equa1 equal . to that of Leg Leghorns Leghorns horns Reds Red * average to lay larger largeregg largerepts egg < ! than any other breed breedIn : In the west and n midwest dwest Reds Redsare I Iare are not so popular due largely to tothf tothe thf " fact that ttoat the broilers of thisbreed thisllbreed thisll breed do not bring as os high pTlces pTlcesas pricesas as the rocks None the less whentotal total wheultotal Income Inoome from a Red flock wheul Is Isconsidered isconsidered considered the breed is a very pro- pro profitable pro profitable - . fitable one and deserves de ervea much morepopularity popularity When dressed for mar martet market morel tet the rich yllow yeUow skin and OJ1d $ solidflash esh of the fowI fowls & and roaslt'TI roasltTI roastersrank ' ! I Irank rank Reds aa as one of our finest finestdual finestdual dual purpOf purpose breed breedrly finestI I . ! Pl11DO rly ' th tb Rocks RocksI Kc * & > I In this tills breed brPed the two varieties varietiesBarred varietiesBarred Barred Rocks Rocka and White varietiesI Rocks Rocksea&1Jy Rockseasily I ea&1Jy ea1Jy & lead all aU other dual purpose ' purposebrped purpose'I 'I I brreds In popultrty popuJb.rlty popuJbrlty . ( ( ( Theire There are arevery ar arvery very deflnit definite * reasons for this The ThePlymouth ThePlymouth Plymouth Rock broilers broUers are quoted quotedat I Iat at premium prices This market marketpreference preference has a tremendous marketI in InTftien(3 InTftien3 I . f'lUen flUen ' ( wtth wllth pouJ poultry try . raUers ra.1sers ra1sers Ini In i , eJahi I ht to tQ Cen ; t n weks weeks after aft . ' the ch1cu ch1cutarted : . r , started tarted . , the young YOWll nook . Clock cock'erela cockerela ' . b an are ready to market . M u a 2 to toJ to9 J l-t l t l-i i - pound broiler broUet $ * and apd th y J- J J'Ways al always - ways 'Ways ' brfns brin an exttp esn . mfgln bULtr1n * of ofprofit erfprofit profit per er pound . . Tbe Th ' aaln a r trtarbtt trtarbttpreference tnaj-kjatpreference tnaj kjatpreference - preference appIlM applies to the tile Rocks Rockswhen Rockswhen when they are ar marketed is as ro * t- t trs . - i ers rs capons and fowl As egg en pro pro- - producers ! producers ducers the Rocks have a a , natural naturallab1l1ty naturalability to produce good results reuJts $ un un under . der avrag average * farm fann conditions condition $ . , In Inthe mthe lab1l1ty the cf-lweed-Ing cf lweed Ing past twenty years yean . , e eb1'eed -b1'eed- b1'eed b1eed - b1'eedIna ' . - Ina ' of the Rocks hM haa 1mpr Improvedsteadily steadily and they have proven n In Inthe Inth the * Egg Lylng Lt.ytng Ltytng . * 'Ont Ont ' Contents aLs . that t.hat t"h th " ( tryar y yare are excepti exceptionally Uy fini tine aye11l layer . * . AU AUthings AUthinr things tonsfd consldcrea re , . therefor theretOll"e theretOlle " * the theproperly theproperty-bred theproperty bred PlymouthRocks properly - bred stratus stra1n of or Plymouth Rocks must be b regarded reg'lU'ded reglUded ' as c . the th * ideal idealdual Idealdual dual generalfarms purpose bird for t the general farms of Am America Amc c : ' . . N New " IIajnrkIr lIampblree lIampblreeThis This remarkable new breed . Ls.today Lstoday . today very much in the ey eye ot otthe ofthe the poultry pouJtry public pubUc It has haa been beencleverly lieencleverly cleverly publicized pubUclzed and the th pub pub- publicity - publicity licity Is based ba d on n real merit The TheNew Th ThNew New Hampshire breed br cd was devel devel- developed developed - oped from the Rhode Island Reda Reds Redsby by y a group of breeds in the state stateof stateof of New Hampshire Hamp hlr For years yeBnl the thepoultry thepoultry poultry b brcbdefrs de . tllsrefrdedl d.1sregardedl d1sregardedl the theplumage theplumage plumage color and body type of oftheir Reds and selected stock stoclt for forquick tatquick Ithelr quick feathering teatherlnsr ' rapid growth and andood ROOd ood eig egg production As a result renutthe . , the New Hampshlrca Hampshlre arc are very veryblocky veryblocky blocky In appearance not very unl-form unl form - Iform In plumage ctJ ) cbl r r but the the'better th thtetter ' tetter 'better better strains are < ' crrtalnly 'W'rtaJnly WrtaJnly fast fastgrowera growers and quick to featherIn feather featherIn I featherI In obtaining New lIampsh1re Hampshtrchicks * 1 1cl11clts cl11clts the poultry ralser n1ser would woulduse should'use shoulduse ' use considerable to care inquire inquirabout * thf th , . parent stock . They There Isconsiderable labout inquirelabout considerable variation In the qual qualJty qualIty tr(3dlnflockts Jty of New J Hamp ) llnPCJh1re hlre Tf ! : tr(3dln tr3dln ( Jng flockts fJockS5 and for best results Te8wta the thechicks thechlcka , chicks hould be obtained only from fromhatcheries fromhatcheries hatcheries where carefully select &elect- &elect elect &elected & selected - , ed nocks flocks hav have been establishedI established I Buff Orpln&WnsBuff Or-lnctmu Or lnctmu Orpln&Wns OrplnWns OrlnctmuBuff - & Buff Orpington Orpingt ( > n chicks u-e u e l\.Te l.Te l .Te Te \ . - the thefastest fastest Rrowing growing to broiler broUer weights weightsof weightsof of all breeds The quality of flesh fleshis fleshis is ( fine lne grained and recognized u usuperior assuperior superior to all dual-purpose dual purpose - breeds breedsproducera I Buff Orpingtol1ll are splendid egg eggand ' producera and perform . ! well wlJ on the theI thegeneral thegeneral general farm fann They are ar somewhat somewhatlarger somewhatlarger I larger than the Rocks For this thisreason reason and because of the excel excellent - lent . quality of meat they are pre- pre preferred pre preferred - preI ferred by many poultry raisers ral er whoepec1allze who I peclalize epec1allze in producing poultry poultryImeat poultrymeat Imeat . . . . White WyaMjtt Wyandottes WyandottesThe * I WyandottesI The Wyandottes are an another anotherblocky blocky breed and therefore tht'refo.re thtrefo.re thtrefore ' . make makean I an Ideal meat bird No other breed breedcan breedcan can produce broilers which dre5s dre5slOUt dressout lOUt with such a plump breast and andlattractlve andattractive lattractlve appearance appeaJ'1LDce appeaJ1LDce ' : The SI 11e 11eI 11echaracter1.stlcs same'characteristics samecharacteristics ' I character1.stlcs character1stlcs . apply to fowl and andi androasters androasters i roasters In size . . the Wyandottes Wyandottesare are slightly sJighUy smaller smaUer than the he Rocks RocksaJtho Rocksaltho I RocksI aJtho their IOOKC loose feathering- feathering featJJe1'lng featJJe1lng ' - often I makes them appear to be as large largeThe largeThe The Wyandottea Wyandottes are the only pop pop- popwar popular - ular war commercial breed bree wlUi With a rose rosecomb ros roscomb < comb All other popular commer oommer- oommer oommerI oommerclaJ commercial - I cial claJ breeds have tinglei-combc tinglei combc I5ingret"COlnbs I5ingretCOlnbs ' " - |