which so many breeders thought impossible. With this 

 accomplished, the Rhode Island Reds will be in a class by 

 themselves, as the greatest fowl in the world. 



One of the reasons that so many Reds fade is because 

 the majority of the Red breeders have resorted to extreme 

 matings, breeding a very dark male with exceedingly light 

 females, or breeding dark males and females together, such 

 as those that have been winning in many eastern shows. 

 These birds are much nearer brown or mahogany in color, 

 than brilliant red. A bird of this description bred to a 

 lighter bird is sure to produce birds that will not hold their 

 color; many of them will be mealy, shafty and mottled, giv- 

 ing the bird a very undesirable and unsightly appearance. 



Through careful selections and correct matings we have 

 accomplished what no other breeder has done, i. e., pro- 

 duced males and females of a brilliant, even color in their 

 pullet and cockerel age that held that same beautiful 

 color when they reach matured age as hens and cocks. 

 .,, , This has been more or less a tedious and hard under- 

 taking and unless one feels that he can put in four or five 

 years ^along this line, he need not expect to accomplish the 



same results. 



Many Rhode Island Red breeders said the Reds could 

 not be bred so that they would not fade, because they had 

 been unable to do it. When we exhibited at Chicago, 

 Kansas City and Indianapolis, as well as other shows during 

 the past season, hens that were four, three and two years 

 old respectively, and that had the same color that a pullet 

 had; the breeders all began " to sit up and take notice" 

 and wanted to know how we had accomplished this. 



We have many hens in our breeding yards at this date, 

 May first, 1910, after a hard laying season of over three or 

 four months, that are practically the same color they were 

 after moulting last fall. We hope to retain all of our two, 

 three and four year old hens for next season's breeding as 

 well as the choicest pullets that we have now in our breeding 

 yards. 



We have been offered some fabulous prices for some of 

 our best stock at different times, but we wisely kept them 

 and by so doing we feel that in a few more years our Non- 

 Fading strain will be perfected and will make the Rhode 

 Island Red one of America's foremost f^wls,. 



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