A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



self-supporting home, the lists must be re- 

 duced to those birds which are the best as 

 marketable commodities. In this list will 

 be found Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Wyan- 

 dottes, Rhode Island Reds, and Leghorns. 

 After experimenting with all these and many 

 others, the White Wyandotte, in my opinion, 

 reigns supreme as queen of the " general 

 purposes hen." They are good winter layers, 

 mature early, and either as broilers or roasters 

 are excellent. Having small bones and being 

 of round, compact build, they have plump 

 breasts even at twelve weeks old. Their 

 feathers are worth nearly as much as ducks'. 

 Lastly, they are kept in bonds by a fence only 

 four feet high. 



Honesty demands the admission that 

 Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds 

 are excellent birds; so that my choice is a 

 purely personal matter. Brahmas, having a 

 larger frame, do not make such good broil- 

 ers. As young roasters they are delicious; 

 but once fully matured, they cannot compare 



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