20 POULTRY SECRETS REVEALED. 



The Partridge Plymouth Rocks possess many qualities held by no 

 other breed or variety. Our official trap nest records show that they 

 have outlaid all others thus far tested. A pen of six birds laid the 

 astounding number of 1,321 eggs in a single year, an average of 220 

 each. Their eggs are uniformly large and very even in shape and 

 color. This fact alone makes them particularly valuable to the egg 

 farmer because of the labor saved in sorting for the market. They 

 are easily broken up if they become broody, a couple of days confine- 

 ment usually being sufficient; while if allowed to sit, they make the 

 best of mothers. Their plumage is remarkably beautiful, a combina- 

 tion in the male, of lustrous greenish black, bright red and mahogany 

 brown; in the female the color is a beautiful blending of mahogany, 

 soft brown and black and both male and female are produced by 

 single matings. Therefore the amateur and professional will find 

 that the Partridge Plymouth Rock is not only a bird of beauty but 

 one of the greatest money makers in poultrydom. 



The remaining standard American breeds — Buckeyes, Domlniques 

 and Javas — are birds of quality. The first has been rather unjustly 

 called a "mahogany bay" imitation of the Rhode Island Red. As the 

 Buckeyes differ from the Reds in size, weight and color they should 

 be judged on their own merits. 



The Dominique is a grand old breed and deserves far more 

 attention than it receives. Lighter in weight and easier to breed to 

 color than the Barred Rocks; early maturing and exceptionally good 

 as a layer; free from the incubus of double mating — the beginner 

 would find this an excellent variety. 



The Java, both Black and Mottled, has become thoroughly 

 Americanized. A large, vigorous breed, sadly neglected. The foolish 

 prejudice against dark shanks and the "booming" of new breeds Is 

 responsible for this, since the Java is an excellent variety, both for 

 eggs and market. 



