STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



MOORESTOWN 



NEW JERSEV 



Poultry 



We are in close connection with some of the most successful poultry breeders of this country. Our close access 

 to the competitors in the Vineland (New Jersey) Egg Laying Contest, gives us a rare opportunity to supply our 

 customers with settings, with day old chicks or with matured birds of White Leghorns, Rhode Island Beds, White 

 Plymouth Rocks, Barred Plymouth Rocks and White Wyandottes. The market changes and fluctuates so radically 

 at various times that it is only fair to you, who purchase from us, that we make special quotations at the time j'our 

 inquiry is made. Therefore, no prices are attached to these two pages. We should be very pleased to fill your require- 

 ments on anv other breeds of fowls as listed herewith, special prices being made on these also. 

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Barred Plymouth Rocks 

 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK 



The Plymouth Rock breed is considered to be the best of the 

 "general purpose fowls," being almost equally valuable as market 

 poultry or as layers. The Barred PljTnouth Rock, the pioneer of the 

 variety, was first exhibited at Worcester, Massachusetts, in March, 

 1869. The breed will mature rapidly. The large brown eggs are 

 in great demand. The color of the Barred Plymouth Rock is difficult 

 to describe. It is a modified black and white, the bars of color being 

 narrow, regular and running parallel across the feathers. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK 



This variety of the Plymouth Rock breed is pure white in color, 

 as indicated by its name. The contrast of clear, white plumage with 

 bright red comb, face, eyes, ear lobes, and wattles with their j'ellow 

 legs and beak, is very attractive and desirable. There are found other 

 varieties of Plj-mouth Rock which we do not specifically describe 

 herewith, viz., Black, Silver, Pencil, Partridge and Columbia." They 

 are all identical except in color. . 



WHITE LEGHORN 



Leghorns compose a breed of fowls which originated in Italy. 

 They are characterized by rather small size yellow legs and white 

 ear lobes. They are hardy, very prolific and active. It is undoubt - 

 edly the best egg-producing breed of all fowls. The White Leghorn 

 is unquestionably the mo.st popular of the eight different varieties 

 which include, 8ingle-Comb Brown, Rose-Comb Brown, .Single- 

 Comb White, Rose-Comb White, Single-Comb Buff, Rose-Comb 

 liuff, Single-Comb Black and Single-Comb Silver. They are all 

 identical except in color. The description of the Wliite Leghorn 

 is as follows: 



Beak, yellow; ej'es, reddish bay; comb, face and wattles, bright 

 red, ear lobes, white; shanks and toes, rich yellow; plumage, pure 

 white. 



WHITE WYANDOTTE 



The Wyandotte is an American breed, in the early days having 

 been known under several different names. They were not officially 

 known as Wyandottes until 1883 when they were admitted to the 

 standard of the American Poultry Association. The White Wyan- 

 dotte is one of eight different varieties of the breed and the one which 

 is now by all means the most popular of the AA'yandottes, both for 

 poultry meat and as layers. The colors of the male and female are 

 as follows: Beak, yellow; ej-es baj', with reddish bay comb; face, 

 wattles, ear lobes, shanks and toes rich vellow and plumage pure 

 white. 



Rhode Island Reds 



RHODE ISLAND REDS 



A breed believed to have originated fr»m crosses of Asiatics, 

 Mediterraneans and games. It has been bred conomerciatly with 

 great success for a number of years in Rhode Island, from which state 

 it takes its name. The general red color of the plumage is the chief 

 characteristic. The beak is yellowish horn, eyes red, comb, face, 

 wattles and ear lobes bright red, breast red, and general plumage 

 surface color red. At the present time we would consider the 

 Rhode Island Red breed to be second in importance commercially 

 as a layer. 



LIGHT BRAHMAS 



The Light Brahmas were christened at the Boston Exposition in 

 1850. Their early historj^ dates back to 1847 when the first birds 

 were found on board the Steamship India, in New York Harbor. 

 Although they are good layers, they are not classed at present with 

 the commercial breeds and are grown more for show purposes than 

 for anything else. The color of the plumage is white with a lustrous 

 greenish black around the neck and tail. The beak is yellow and eyes 

 reddish bay. 



OTHER BREEDS 



Although we will not attempt to describe in detail some of the 

 other and perhaps less important breeds, we are, nevertheless, pre- 

 pared to quote on day old chicks in the spring, male birds in the 

 spring and female birds in the fall on the following: 



Anconas 

 Andalusias 

 Bantams 

 Cochins 

 Cornish 

 Turkeys as follows: 

 Black 



Bourbon Red 

 Ducks as follows: 



Aylesbury 



Black East India 

 Geese as follows: 



African 



Brown Chinese 



Dorkings 



Games 



Haniburgs 



Houdans 



Javas 



Bronze 

 Buff 



Narragansett 

 Slate 



Langshans 

 Minorcas 

 Orpingtons 

 Polish 



White Holland 



Blue Swedish 

 Cayuga 



Egyptian 

 Toulouse 



Gray Call 

 Indian Runner 



Pekin 

 Rouen 



^\^^ite Chinese 

 Wild or Canadian 



GAME AND ORNAMENTAL FOWLS 



We shall also be very pleased to receive inquiries for the following: 

 Canaries Partridges Quail 



Cranes Peafowls Swans 



Parrots Pheasants Wild Turkeys 



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