Show SHOATS FOR EARLY MARKET give millfred slop twice dally daily in connection with good green feed shoats for early market should have slop tico tice a day I 1 lu connection with an abundance of gleea cell feed keep a ba box of wood ashes and nd ebar char coal a small quantity of fa fait t may be in the alic ashes under cover in the feeding pen where they can cut what I 1 az T prepared by the united states slates depart i ment of agriculture zhe the plymouth rock chicken has been for years the most popular breed in the united states the barr barred ed plymouth rock was th the e original variety and was developed in the united states various lines of blood be being ng used in the makings making it is probable that the dominique the black choc cochin in the black java the brahma and the lie pit game were used for tills this purpose the size and type or shape of all the varieties of 0 plymouth rocks are supposed po sed to be identical in general the bleed may be described as a good sized rather long bo bodied died chicken with fairly prominent breast and good leath of body showing when dressed a well rounded compact carcass tills this breed has a single comb and yellow legs bill and skin the standard weight of cocks is nine and a half liala pounds of liens hens seven and a half poll pounds rids cockerels cockerell cocker els eight pounds pullets six pounds they are arc layers lavers of good sized brown shelled eggs and are reputed especially as winter layers popular farm fowl the barred plymouth rock is by far the most popular general purpose or farm fowl this variety has so long been a favorite with the general public that the barred color is generally associated with quality in table fon fowls Is the barred plymouth rock plumage is a grayish white each feather of in which is crossed by lark dark bars which are almost black it is desired that these bars should be as even in width IS as P parallel arallen aral lel as straight and as well carried down to the skin as possible each feather should en end d with a narrow dark tip the barring in the hackle and saddle Is narrower than in other sections the alternating lark dark and light bars give a bluish cast or shade to the general color which should lie le cn e en throughout the surface it is common for solid black feathers or Lv jC athers which are partly black to oc air in practically all strains in this variety but tills this should not be taken as a sign of impure breeding black spots are arc also common occurrences on the shanks particularly in females but this does not indicate impurity there is a decided tendency for the males of tills this variety to come lighter in color than the females and for tills reason reagon breeders bleeders bre eders are usually obliged to resort to two separate matl one for the production of males of standard or exhibition color and the 0 other tj i C r for the production of 0 females of standard or exhibition color tills this system of breeding is known as double mating in mating for males of exhibition color a male of about standard color is used with medium dark females or those two or three shades darker than females of exhibition color in which the barring Is its as distinct and as is narrow as possible showing a clear cut line between the black and white bars this muting mating is known as tho the cockerel mating because it produces a giester percentage of c exhibition illel or standard color males while the females produced are too dark in color for exhibition but file aie suitable for continuing this line of breeding in mating for fei females nales of exhibition color females of about standard color are used with anith a medium light male or one that is two or three shades lighter than males of exhibition color but which shows distinct barring and as strong barring in the as can be obtained this mating is known as the pullet nin mating ting because it produces a greater percentage of females of exhibition hibi tion color while the males produced art too light for exhibition but may bo be abed to continue tills this line of breeding white plymouth rock the white plymouth rock is the second most popular variety of this breed all the characteristics of the white plymouth rock are supposed to be identical with those of the barred plymouth rock except color As a matter of fact the white P r ni mouth outi rock tends to run somewhat larger in size and the type is a little more uniform and a little better than that of the alie barred plymouth rock in color the white plymouth rock should be a pure white throughout free from black ticking and from froin any brassiness or creaminess the buff bufe plymouth rock is distinguished from tin the other oilier rocks by the color alone which should be an even shade of 0 golden buff through throughout olt shafting or the presence of feathers having a shaft of different color from froin tile the artst c the feather and ine allness or abe presence of feathers sprinkled with lighter color as though powdered with meal are arc undesirable As deep a an of buffi buff as it Is possible to obtain is desirable there is a great of opinion as to what constitutes utes desirable butt buff color sonic some favoring the lighter color approaching lemon while others favor a much daiker buff approaching red the important pol point nt Is to have the shade as even us as possible over the entire surface new varieties the silver P penciled plymouth rock Is one of the new varieties its plumage is biti distinctive active and very beautiful in general tile the plumage of the male consists of a silver white top color extending over the shoulders and back the hackle and saddle striped with I 1 black the rest of tile the body plumage including the main tall feathers and sickles is black the wings when folded show a bar of black extending across below the shoulder below this the w N ing shows white due to the white on t the h e 0 outside u of the in t obe alie f female e ni a le lie general trend of color is gray with delicate distinct concentric penciling of dark on each feather except the hackle ackle li each feather feat lier of which Is silvery white with a black center showing a slight gray penciling arid and the main tail feathers which i are black with the two top feathers showing some penciling the color of the plumage is practically the same as that of the dark brahma Dra linia the partridge plymouth rock Is also one of the newer varieties of this breed the coloring of this variety is very attractive and is practically tile the same as that of the partridge cochin and also of the silver penciled plymouth rock except that the white of the silver penciled Is replaced by red or reddish brown tile the columbian plymouth rock a variety of comparatively recent origin is very attractive in coloring and has proved quite popular in general the color is white the hackle feathers being black with a narrow edging of white and the main tall tail feathers black the tall tail coverts converts being black with a distinct white lacing facing the wings gitig also carry some black on the primary and secondary feathers which is almost hidden when the wings are folded the color of this variety is pra practically the same as that of the light brahma |