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Farm Poultry 



maturing, considering their size, are good layers, 

 hardy both as little chicks and mature fowls. 

 They are excellent mothers, kind and persistent 

 sitters. The laying capacity is considerably above 



Fig. 16. Barred Plymouth Rock cockerel, six months old 

 (one-seventh size). 



the average of fowls. Authentic records are re- 

 ported of more than two hundred and thirty 

 eggs per year from single birds. The pullets make 

 excellent winter layers, but for greatest egg pro- 

 duction in the winter time fowls should not be 





