1935 SPRING SEED CATALOG-HENRY FIELD CO.-SHENANDOAH 
Hardy Hybrid Chicks 
Pullet Male 
. We prefer the White Leghorn—White Rock cross. The pullets look 
like Leghorns but lay even better. The males are more like YVhite Rocks 
but grow and mature faster. This is the healthiest, ruggedest cross we 
have found. Get all pullets for layers or all males for meat purposes. 
We guarantee 85% accuracy in determining the sex of this cross but 
usually will run much higher. If less than 85% are pullets we will adjust the difference 
down to the price of males on the number of dhicks over 15% males. 
Our Regular Breeds Are 
Great Egg Layers 
Our COLONIAL-BRED chickens are 
bred to give you good results. If you 
like Rocks, Reds, Orpingtons or Wyan- 
dottes you will look a long time before 
you find any strain that has the breed¬ 
ing back of it that you will find in our 
COLONIAL-BRED chicks. Right across 
the street from our main seed house 
and KFNF studio you will find one of 
the largest of Colonial’s plants which 
was placed here to serve Henry Field 
customers just like they are used to 
being served. 
Several years ago before choosing 
Colonial to furnish us our chicks we 
talked with many poultry farms and 
hatcheries with the idea of choosing the 
kind of people that would spend time, 
money and effort in improving the 
flocks from which the chicks were to be 
hatched. We are happy to say that 
Colonial has imported what is still the 
largest Importation of special egg pro¬ 
duction chickens from British Columbia 
Canada, from other places in Canada, 
from England and from the leading 
breeders of the United States. This 
blood has been used in the flocks until 
now there are thousands of descen¬ 
dants of this imported blood. It has 
always been our idea that your real 
profits in the chicken business comes 
from the sale of eggs. Meat is a secon¬ 
dary consideration. If you get lots of 
eggs you will have a good income every 
week and it’s cash in your pocket. We 
hatch three grades of chicks. The 
Standard Grade is as good or better 
than most hatcheries offer. Our next 
best grade is the SPECIAL LAYING 
GRADE and the greatest money-makers 
is our BEST EGG GRADE which we 
challenge anyone to excel. And remem¬ 
ber if you order early you will get some 
SPECIAL DISCOUNTS, see price list 
on page 36. 
Or If You Want Real Leghorns 
This is a Leghorn year. Eggs are and have been high enough to make a good 
profit over feed costs and after all the good old Leghorns eat less feed than 
most any chicken. There is no breed that is so universally used by the big com¬ 
mercial farms as the White Leghorn. Colonial best White Leghorn flocks have 
some of the same blood line as the 357-Egg World Champion pictured on this page. 
Descendants of this hen were used in Colonial Key breeding pens. A Colonial 
bred and owned hen was 1927 U. S. A. Champion Leghorn. I don’t think you 
will find anyone in the United States that has bought more stock from high 
record ancestors than have been used in the Colonial flocks. We have had ship¬ 
ments from the World’s highest record Leghorns which have been produced in 
Canada and also have used other fine American strains. If you want BIG 
LEGHORNS that will lay lots of eggs and good sized eggs you will like our 
COLONIAL-BRED White Leghorns. 
Your Choice, ALL 
PULLETS or ALL 
MALES in day-old 
...Chicks... 
These are SEX-GUARANTEED Chicks. By 
crossing certain breeds it is possible to separate 
the males and the pullets when they are first 
hatched either by the color of the chicks when 
hatched or by the speed with which the wing 
feathers start. We use both methods. To the left 
is a picture showing the White Leghorn-White 
Rock cross. The pullets are like Leghorns only 
larger and lay even better. The males are more 
like the White Rocks and make an excellent 
meat chicken. They mature a little quicker than 
the Rock, are almost as large and they make 
fine broilers, springs or roasters. We have never 
tried any for capons but many customers say 
that they are excellent for that. 
Hybrids are stronger and healthier than the 
purebreds. This is usually true of all animals 
and birds. The mule is stronger and tougher than 
the horse. The same is true of these chickens. 
They are exceptionally hardy and easy to raise. 
In an English test the Hybrids lead all breeds in 
egg production. They averaged 15 eggs per bird 
more than White Leghorns their nearest competi¬ 
tor. 21 eggs more than Reds and 22 more than 
White Wyandottes. 
If you raise all pullets they will do better than 
if you have males with them and besides you can 
raise twice as many pullets with the same equip¬ 
ment and have them all the same age and they 
will all begin to lay at about the same time. On 
the other hand if you raise chickens to sell for 
meat the cockerels are best as they grow faster 
than the pullets, reach maturity faster and on 
less feed. People everywhere are fast turning to 
Hybrids as the practical thing to raise. The 
English like them better than purebreds. 
3-CROSSES 
WHITE LEGHORN X WHITE ROCK—This is 
our favorite. The pullets are wonderful layers, 
probably the best of anything, anywhere. The 
males mature quick and are almost as large as 
Rocks. Guarantee 85% accuracy in separating 
sex. 
BLACK MINORCAS X BARRED ROCKS— 
Pullets lay extra large, tinted eggs and lots of 
them. Males are barred in color. 90% accuracy 
guaranteed in separating sex. 
RHODE ISLAND RED X BARRED ROCKS— 
Pullets lay brown eggs. Males are like Barred 
Rocks in color and size. 90% accuracy guaranteed 
in separating sex. Best for Capons. 
We use Single Comb chickens for all these 
crosses. 
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SEE SPECIAL LOW PRICES ON PAGE 36 
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