Show poultry growing north und and west T r F the alef center of poultry gro growing wang upon the farms anil and by finall establish inputs devoted exclusively to the producing of eggs nud poultry for mark t Is located in ili lint hint portion of the country now called the north and wat in w which well wo we include missouri Misso url kau kan as and aind the great northwest it Is 1 not usually known that missouri iowa iova nil and kansas tire anro the greatest producers of poultry of nil all kinds including waterfowl and that nitcha michigan and wisconsin aro are becoming tile great ii i I of all goose producing sections of t 0 country upon tile vast wheat fjeld of the northwest are grown upon thousands of fowls that are hatched nud cared for with reference to having hn lug them of the prop r size for ranging over the alie wheat field as soon as the harvest Is in and aro are later gathered up hy by tile the pur par li it aser ars 4 of tho the great poultry killing hilling of kansas city and ami other eotis rs these young fowl fols 3 ire are amy W ay and shipped to the killing virlor to tho the beginning of the coll rl r i A 1 weather went lier of the north only leaving ri t ii tile care of the farmers j during tin winter months a sufficient clent to to produce eggs for th lh next Cs L s crop wisconsin ellid n produce large numbers of grown gi jovn for their feathers and then si 1 ya m away to the alio eastern states state 4 v in they ire are fattened and sold hold to tin the at m missouri and kansas L ia become great egg producing centi r ic r iho it Is cla lined that moro egts and moro more breed poultry arv air clipped ped froin houi some of 0 the gi hewis ht it un of missouri alls than front tiny any ut us 11 t fie ii allty in ill this country lowa iowa his 1114 lor many years ranked adiong dw in foremost forein ost states lit iu tile the producing or aoth eggs and mark market ot poultry or of i aja as the last census figure lor for lowa iowa are a surprise to many of thoe lne best informed on poultry watters moro ducks were reported as bing being b ing grown and shipped to market out ont of that state than lad bad beba credited to tho the whole west people imagined that the great duck farms of long island now new jersey and pennsylvania had produced the duck supply of the country the future census will be closely scanned at its finish for a more careful study of these conditions so far as can be learned at present tho the increase in poultry culture through those these states has alin almost ost doubled lu in tho the last six years tho the west Is more largely interested in tho the plymouth rock and AV wyandotte mandotte an dotte breeds than in ili tiny any other the ee eastorn eastern states seem to be more riven given to tho the cultivation of leghorns Leg Legli horns ornS than are any of the western localities the eggs having the brown shells seem beem best suited to the west tile the brown shelled eggs stand bland shipment better from the abe fact that the shells aro are heavier and stronger than those laid by tho the medi mediterranean terra alean breeds the ani and fowls were formerly fonn orly most popular in these sections tho the plymouth rocks and the Wyand Wyan ottos dottes being smooth that Is cd on tile alio shanks hanks move about and forage for their own sustenance sua much better than the feathered varieties tile tho original the brahams and the Ling shana produce the eggs having the darkest and heaviest shells the plymouth rocks and Wyan dottes lia having ing a considerable per cent of asiatic blood in their veltis produce a strong egg stronger than the whito white shells assuring safer carriage a long distance to market this is the real reason why so many of tile the eggs that are shipped in from western parts have the former kind of shells there Is no difference whatever ll lateer in ili the quality of tile lie eggs themselves no matter what may bo be the color of the exterior yet ct it is a well known fact that the white ones have tile preference in ili now new york city to te produce these they must be grown nearer to the metropolis to lessen lesing tile the danger of crack cracking ing from long shipments the general pur purpose posse fowls the plymouth rock nna and tile the wyandotte Wian dotte lime have become a blessing to the poultry growers biow cis of the west and northwest they alicy are strong and sturdy with great ability to undergo more or less hardships nud yet thrive there Is no ou estion but thit that thorp thorn anro morn barica derrod plymouth rocks grown grow throughout tho the western country than all other kinds of standard bred poultry combined in france the houdan Is the great market fowl in england the dorking but throughout the great west tile the plymouth rocks seem to bo be accepted as the standard of cf quality for market poultry in addition they are such thoroughly good egg producers during the entire year as to make them prime favorites and an excellent selection for all purposes for which fowls are arc kept upon the farm |