Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1918 — A Bird in the Band [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A Bird in the Band

(Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) WARTIME POULTRY KEEPING.

Three Types of Poultry: Rose. Comb Minorca, ah Egg Breed; jingle Comb Dorking, a Meat Breed, and Rhode Island Red, a Dual Purpose Breed. The Average Weight of Mature Hens of These Breeds is 6J4 Pounds, Showing That Weight Is Not Always an Indication of Breed Types.