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THE AMERICAN BREEDS OF POULTRY 



black and white, which clothe the whole chicken as a perfectly fitting garment. I 

 do not expect to see chickens very much different in type from those we have today, 

 but I do look, for simply wonderful improvement in the shade of color, especially 

 in the intensity of both the black and the white bar, and also in the "ringy" barring 

 or "line" barring, from the very tip of the head down to the fluff and tail. 



Holterman's own start was an humble one. Working for a drug 

 concern, saving a dollar at a time with which to buy his first sitting 

 of eggs, handicapped at times by ill health, he has succeeded in com- 

 bining the blood of some of the best families of this grand old breed 

 into what is today popularly known as the "Aristocrat strain." 



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Home of E. B. Thompson, Breeder of Imperial Ringlet Barred Plymouth 



Rocks. 



