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GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1914 



Information about the selection or care of dogs, 

 poultry and live stock will be gladly given. 

 Address INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, The Garden Magazine, 11-13 W. 32d Street, New York. 



Poultry, Kennel and Live Stock Directory 



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Why Tompkins' Rhode Island Reds 

 are the Best Chickens for All Purposes 



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FIRST let's talk a minute about about Rhode Island 

 Reds as a family — then a word about why my Reds 

 are the Reds to buy. 

 First and foremost — Rhode Island Reds are the best 

 all year round layers. Look at that straight back and 

 the well rounded, firm build of this prize pullet shown. 



It's plain that they are built for business — they are 

 "egg machines." In every egg laying contest of the last 

 few years, Reds have led as the largest average flock layers. 



Another thing highly in their favor, 

 is they grow with surprising rapidity 

 and fill out with meat earlier than 

 other breeds. 



They can shift for themselves, be- 

 ing splendid "rangers"; or are happy 

 and healthily active when confined. 

 Their strong constitutions fortifies 

 them against diseases. 



My Reds are a distinctive sturdy 

 strain with 40 years of painstaking 

 development back of them. My 

 father was among the first to do con- 

 secutive selecting breeding of Rhode 

 Island Reds. 



He was just hard headed enough to 

 keep strictly to his own critically 

 picked stock and breed them straight 

 down the line. I have carefully fol- 

 lowed this method. As a result, 

 Tompkins' Reds have become a dis- 

 tinctive strain all by themselves. 



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They are not mixed strains. My Utility birds which 

 we sell for $2.00 apiece for general laying purposes, are 

 from the same families as our prize winners that sell 

 for hundreds of dollars. 



In fact, chicks from many of my Utility birds develop 

 into winning birds in the small shows. 



We grade our stock in four classes; Utility Stock, Near 

 Silks, Top Notchers, and Special Top Notchers. 



If you are thinking of "keeping a few chickens," or 

 raising the standard of your flock, 

 don't buy any ordinary farm yard 

 fowl. Put your money in something 

 you can build on — birds that will 

 not only give you the highest returns 

 per dollar invested, but that you can 

 take a special pride in their attrac- 

 tiveness. My Reds are birds of un- 

 common interest. 



THE PRICES: 



Utility pullets $2.00 each. 



Selected pens of 5 (4 pullets and 

 male) from $15.00 up. Single exhibi- 

 tion birds from $15.00 up. Setting 

 eggs from $10.00 per 100 up to $10.00 

 per setting of 15. 



Send for Our Catalog 



Let me know about what you 

 want, and I will gladly advise with 

 you. 



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Tompkins Rhode Island Rods 



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protection from rats, 

 skunks, hawks, and 

 other enemies. In- 

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 — has proved its suc- 

 cess for 22 years. 

 Shipped knocked 

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 2 ft high. 



$300 



WIGWARM Brooder 



Hot-water and hot-air heating combined gives 

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 maintains even tem- 

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 experts and by experi- 

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 such men as Dr. A. 

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 scratching room. Size, 10x4 ft,, 5 

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$205? 



Five-Section Poultry House — 

 10x50 ft. 



Sanitary, durable, up»to-date— made of red cedar, clap- 

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 tions, each fitted with roosts, nests and fountain. Open 

 fronts, with canvas-covered frames. You can add sec- 

 tions at any time. Easily erected. First section, $75.00; 

 additional sections, $60,00 each. 



$1500 



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 S, B. L. A. 



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