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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1914 



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Poultry, Kennel and Live Stock Directory 



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The Common Sense Side of 

 Tompkins' Rhode Island Reds 



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SUPPOSE it's Utility Fowls you want, either for 

 starting a new flock or to bring up the standard of 

 your present one — doesn t it seem like common 

 sense to gat your birds of a man who for over 45 

 years, has been breeding the one strain, and has posi- 

 tively refused to mix them with other strains? It's log- 

 ical that such birds with the extremely careful kind of 

 selective breeding that I do, would be a better, sturdier, 

 more dependable kind than those that are inter-bred. 

 If my strain of birds is not bet- 

 ter than other strains, then why 

 is it that for the last ten years 

 they have walked away with so 

 many coveted prizes at the big shows? 

 You can't get back of that kind of 

 evidence. We might possibly be 

 favored by some judges one year, 

 but surely not year after year. 



From the Utility Birds, which I 

 will sell you for so little as $2 apiece 

 for 5; or $3 for single birds; you 

 may get eggs that will develop prize 

 winners in the smaller shows. 



It's happening right along with my customers. If 

 this strain of mine was not a superior one, this couldn't 

 happen year after year. 



The main aim in my breeding is to increase the 

 egg yield and develop the meat producing points. 

 I believe that an average size bird 

 is the natural Rhode Island Red. 

 If you force size to the front, you do 

 it at the expense of the more valu- 

 able practical qualities. 



I'll sell you eggs if you want them, 

 or single birds or pens. I have four 

 classes — Utility, Near Silks, Top 

 Notchers and Special Top Notchers. 

 My Mating List is ready, also a 

 most interesting and convincing cata- 

 log of plain, every day, common 

 sensed facts about Rhode Island 

 Reds in general; and Tompkins 

 Reds in particular. 



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 Tompkins Rhode Island Reds 



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