American Agriculturist, February 23, 1924 
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INLAND POULTRY JOURNAL. Dept. 4 Indianapolis, Inch 
“Why I Finally Took to Reds” 
Charles H. Chesley 
1 HAVE kept no less than fifteen differ¬ 
ent breeds and varieties of hens in the 
past fifteen years. At one time I had as 
many as six breeds at once and did quite 
a business in selling hatching eggs and 
birds for exhibition. I have had birds of 
all classes, four kinds of Leghorn, the 
Minorcas, Campines, birds of the Eng- 
glish, French, Asiatic and American 
classes. All but one have been discarded 
and that one is the Single-Comb Rhode 
Island Red. This breed comes the nearest 
to being the ideal fowl for the farm that 
I have yet found. I do not claim that it is 
perfect, for I find faults in my Reds that 
some other breed may not possess, yet, 
on the whole, it has fewer faults than any 
other breed I have tried. 
First I decided that a general purpose 
breed is better for the farm than a purely 
egg breed. As I am purely a commercial 
poultry man, the aim and object bring to 
get as many eggs as possible from my 
flock and dispose of the birds as soon as 
they cease to be profitable, I want a fowl 
that makes good broilers in a short time 
and one that will bring in a substantial 
price when culled out for market. The 
Leghorn did not answer these purposes, 
although perhaps the Red will not lay as 
many eggs during the year. 
Lay Early as Leghorns 
The Rhode Island Red, as I have breed 
it, will lay as early as a Leghorn. It is not 
infrequent that I begin to get eggs soon 
after the flock is four months old. April 
chicks will make good fall layers and that 
is as much as can be expected of the egg 
breeds. I find it pays to get the chicks 
out in March, then the surplus cockerels 
can be marketed while prices are still 
high. Reds will make good broilers at 
the age of ten weeks. I have sold them 
even earlier. I do not know any other 
general-purpose breed that will do as 
well. , 
The faults I find with the Reds are two: 
One is that they are strongly inclined to 
oroodiness during the late spring and 
summer. However, they are not as bad 
as the Rock in this respect but are worse 
than the Wyandotte. They are not diffi¬ 
cult to break of their broodiness if taken 
in time, and I have practiced the plan 
of culling out the more persistent setters 
early in the spring. This can be ascer¬ 
tained by banding, one band for each 
outbreak. If a bird has three attacks 
before the first of April, she is a good one 
to cull out to meet the high prices for 
{Continued on page 202) 
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{Continued from page 184) 
and raise a larger percentage of lambs. 
In this country they can be given plentiful 
feed during their period of growth and 
be grown out somewheres near their pos¬ 
sibilities. In this connection I might add 
that one of the best flocks of sheep ever 
developed in this immediate section was 
a flock of 100 ewes owned by W. P. Saek- 
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County. He took native ewes and crossed 
them with Delaine rams and saved the 
ewe lambs, but that was not all, he fed 
those young sheep in such a way that they 
realized their purpose on earth—their 
capacity and ability to produce wool and 
lambs was developed by feed; instead of 
producing a lot of hump-backed, diminu¬ 
tive, emaciated, long-tailed lambs—he 
developed those lambs into big, rugged, 
roomy, broad-backed and thick-fleeced 
ewes. 
One day last spring I was riding with 
George Helser (sheep judge at New York 
State Fair for past few years) from his 
“Momingside” farm to the railroad sta¬ 
tion at Lafayette, Ohio, and he made the 
statement that he believed that feed and 
care had done as much for the develop¬ 
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bucks for the improvement of the sheep. 
This, then, is the oat-bin cross. ’ 
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L. H. ROBINSON Box 103 
CASTILE, N. Y. 
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BABY CHICKS, big husky fellows 
Bar Rocks and R. I. Reds. $24 per 100; 1000. $200. 
Barron White Leghorns, $20 per 100: 1000, $190. 
Orders booked for March and later delivery. 
HUMMER’S POULTRY FARM 
FRENCHTOWN, N. J. R. 1 
UTILITY AND FANCY CHICKS 
We have had 20 years experience breeding and show- 
ins standard breeds of poultry. Licensed A. P. A. 
poultry judge on ail varieties. Can furnish both utility 
and exhibition chicks of practically all standard varieties. 
Write for circular giving full information and prices. 
Discount on early orders. 
Coshocton Hatchery, 761 S. 6th St., Coshocton, Ohio 
¥ 
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Richfield, Pa. 
CATTLE 
175 
GRADE HOLSTEINS 
AND GUERNSEYS 
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30 head ready to freshen, ioo head due to 
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A. F. SAUNDERS, Cortland, N.Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS for Sale 
Sons of 
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HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Owner 
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Every flock is carefully bred for highest type 
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chicks $20 per ioo, May $18, June $15. 25% 
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Park’s Barred Rocks, Fishel’s White Rocks, Cook’s 
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ALITY BABY CHICKS 
Barron S. C. W. Leghorns, Barred and White 
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C. M. Longenecker.Box 40, Elizabethtown, Pa. 
BRfEDERS-CtllCKS-EGGS 
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WHITE WYANDOTTE—Chicks, $14 per 100 up. Eggs, 
S6 00 per 100 up. Bred for eggs and exhibition. 31st year. 
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BOWDEN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES, Mansfield, O. 
100,000 QUALITY BABY CHICKS Immediate 100% live 
delivery east of the Rockies. Postpaid. Hatching eggs. 
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D 
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