Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1912 — PLYMOUTH ROCKS FOR THE FARM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PLYMOUTH ROCKS FOR THE FARM

The general purpose breeds of poultry, such as the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons, should be kept on the farm, rather than small-egg breeds or small mongrel stock. It should also be remembered that the dark-plumaged varieties do not, as a rule, look as well when dressed as poultry of other colors. ■■■<; ’ . Usually more interest is taken with a flock of fowls that are of the same breed and color, and it la an estab-

listed fact that such a flock produces a more uniform product, which invariably secure to the owned higher prices than can be derived from the product of a mongrel flock. As soon as the hatching season is over, all male birds should be marketed, they having no influence whatever on the number of eggs laid, and eggs produced by flocks composed of females only keep much better than eggs from hens that are allowed to run with mates.