Poultry Culture Monthly from Topeka, Kansas • 7

APRIL, 1907. POULTRY CULTURE and wattles, their bright intelligent eyes, And their nice yellow, beaks, legs and toes. "A thing of beauty is a joy for In conclusion, if all other varieties were to be destroyed except one, and. it -would be my duty to select that one, I would retain the White Plymouth Rocks James R. Loafman.

a Bolivar, Missouri. mature early, beginning to lay at from four' to seven months old according to care given; They are very active and are great rustlers and if given free range will obtain their own living and fill the egg basket right along. They are not everlastingly wanting to sit. They do not require as much feed as the larger breeds and it takes less space to house them. They are gentle and take kindly to housing in stormy weather, singing and laying when the thermometer registers below zero.

The little chicks are easily raised. They become fully feathered much younger than most other varieties, after which they can better withstand damp and chilly weather without fatal results. And, last, they are beautiful chickens, the bright red of their combs and wattles forming a marked contract to the snowy whiteness of their plumage that is pleasing to the eye. Mbs. G.

W. Kellum. Wa Keeney, Kansas. of birds, but that the owner was piling tip money, and was always well pleased with-his year's business, the reason being simply that it matters not where you place this grand variety of fowls', they seem at home and fill the place exactly. Why? Because they are a beautiful 'bird, good foragers, at the same time will stand confinement well, the best of table fowls, not being excelled in egg production and always laying when eggs are the highest price.

Sylvan Milleb. Humboldt, Kansas. PARTRIDGE COCHINS. Being a large bodied fowl when you cook and serve one you have enough for a large family, and for company besides. When dressed one will bring seventy-five cents in any good market.

The eggs are superior in size and quality. One dozen will weigh as much as one and one-half dozen ordinary eggs. They are good layers. We get eggs nearly all winter. Their habits are homey.

We turn, purs out of the pen almost every S. C. BROWN LEGHORN. The Leghorn believe, the chicken for the farmer who has but little time to' devote to the care of hens and still would like to have eggs all the time. 8.

G. Brown Leghorn pullets hatched in March will begin to lay in July and by the time eggs are a good price in the fall and winter they are laying steadily. The cockerels grow1 fast and sell for a good price at 2 to 3 pounds each. Now because I have said they do not have to be fussed with, do not think they will not pay for any extra trouble. You will not find a variety that will respond so quickly to extra care as a good bunch of the brown pullets.

Leghorns are hardy and are rustlers, and on the go after the bug, worm and seeds, while the heavy varieties eat what you feed them, then sit down arid wait for more. If you don't believe this, take a ride some fine winter day. You come to a farm with Leghorns all around the blue grass and alfalfa, scratching and digging. Now ask, "Are you getting eggs "Yes, lots of them." the next farm you will find the heavy varieties sitting on the south side of the stacks. Ask, "Are you getting eggs?" "No, and I can't see why.

7 feed so much and the hens are heavy and fat." Leghorns do not sit much, still among the old hens you will sometimes find fine mothers who will fight anything to protect their chicks. You can raise larger numbers on the same ground as the cockerels are out of the way soon and leave the room and food to the pullets. But remember it is the rustling hen that fills the market basket. s. V.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. There is no variety of fowl today as popular as this. However much it may resemble others in certain points or peculiarities, it has a distinct form, comb, color and marking, and for these reasons has become the popular variety. With parent stock full of vigor the Plymouth Rock has survived the necessary in-breeding to fix permanently its points of superiority. Profit is the chief object most people have in choosing a vanety.

Hardiness of constitution, fine form, handsome plumage and prolific production of eggs are desirable qualities, and these are all possessed by this variety. The combined thrift, vigor and alertness of this variety render them very fine' foragers, and they thus secure the kind and quality of food suited to their an aid to health and a diminishing of the cost of keeping. Their rapid growth, fine, solid body, yellow legs, give them great advantage over many other varieties. As early broilers they take the lead. It pays to keep good fowls, as well as other stock that is the best, and good prices can be realized by so doing.

Notice the farm papers, market reports, statistics, poultry show notes, breeders' advertisements, and you will see the Barred Plymouth Rock leads all other varieties. It possesses so many strong points- the general purpose fowl, the fowl for the farmer, the breeder, for everybody. John C. Sntdeb. Topeka, Kansas.

White Ivory, secore 96, bred and owned by C. C. Fair, Sharon, Kansas. day on the blue grass. They are not scratchers, never destroying the grass, never bother the neighbors, do not fly over the fence, hence are a good town chicken.

The little ones are beautiful as a flock of Partridges. Come into frys early. The feathers of the hens are a very good substitute for goose feathers, as they are very fluffy and we always save the best of them. Mbs. J.

0. Shepherd. Hutchinson, Kansas. WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. The beautiful snow white plumage proves to every one their purity.

The rich red combs and face denote their strength and hardiness. The rich yellow shank convinces one of their excellent table qualities, while the broad back, broad, full, round, breast and length of body convince anyone that the White Plymouth Rocks are bred for meat and eggs as well as for hardiness and beauty. No breed of fowls has won the universal praise of the farmer, town man and the poultry fancier, as has the White Rock. One thousand dollars for a hen and $800 for a male bird was never heard of until these prices were realized for birds of the White Rock variety. This variety has not only been bred for fancy points, but the utility part has been retained and carefully looked after until at the present time they rank first as egg producers, while as table fowls they are not excelled.

As further proof, the largest and best poultry plants are stocked with White Plymouth Rocks. The U. S. Government selected the Wliite Plymouth Rocks for their experimental I have never seen a poultry plant or a farm stocked with this grand variety THE ORPINGTONS The Orpingtons are fast becoming one of the most popular breeds of chickens as there is no fowl that will. surpass them as a strictly first-class utility breed.

For egg production it has but few equals, laying a large size, medium colored brown shell egg, and for flesh and quick development they have no superior, as they will weigh from two to three pounds at three months old, which should appeal to the market poultryman especially, as well as to the fancier. At broiler size they are as plump and round-breasted as one could wish and make a quicker growth and size than many of the more common varieties. S. C. W.

LEGHORNS. I have tried several varieties of fowls, both mongrels and pure breds, and have found in the Single Comb White Leghorn the fowl that suits me better than any other I ever raised. I have had two years' experience with this pure bred vanety and would not change to any other variety. The local market of our small town will not admit of us disposing of our young chickens at fancy prices, so the production of eggs is therefore the more profitable. I selected my variety of chickens with the object of obtaining eggs in view.

1 The S. C. W. Leghorns hold the world's record as the best layers. They.