The Farm-poultry . G-E:3\r EIG-C3- Tlic nio~l iipcful and nio-i Ijcauiidil -iimiii. Full upon ; K. SAKGKNT. Masd. ME WYANDOTTES Healthy and Handsome. 1899 Egg Average. 196. One sillin>r. S2: Iliree sillintis. ini ul)alor epgs,$li per IWI. A few . al S:) and $.).Dr. X. \V. .SANISOKN, WelleKl. y IfillK, Magg. SET THAT BROflDY FEU PICKETTS UTILITY BROWN ECC STRAINS White WyandottesBarred Plymouth Rocks, Ami J OU w ill not he ^. Ijv tliesililnt. fLperlS: ?::..Vi per $., per Inculiaturi-KK iiy 1 lie iiHi fiiv OAKUALK I


The Farm-poultry . G-E:3\r EIG-C3- Tlic nio~l iipcful and nio-i Ijcauiidil -iimiii. Full upon ; K. SAKGKNT. Masd. ME WYANDOTTES Healthy and Handsome. 1899 Egg Average. 196. One sillin>r. S2: Iliree sillintis. ini ul)alor epgs,$li per IWI. A few . al S:) and $.).Dr. X. \V. .SANISOKN, WelleKl. y IfillK, Magg. SET THAT BROflDY FEU PICKETTS UTILITY BROWN ECC STRAINS White WyandottesBarred Plymouth Rocks, Ami J OU w ill not he ^. Ijv tliesililnt. fLperlS: ?::..Vi per $., per Inculiaturi-KK iiy 1 lie iiHi fiiv OAKUALK I>(U l AHM, Wen ham Dc|ioi, ^ SCKATCHINO SHED Plant of W. H. 1?icliardson & .Son, Knightsville, K. House is Oecupied by Breedine Pens of White Wyandottes. i©oo A R M- Pot I i^TR Y 163 have at the |)re^ellt time some birds whiclishow well Jefineil barring upon certain por-tions of their pluinaf;e, which were l)reU fromspangled and |)eii( ilcd birds. Lack of knowl-edge of these facts has led people to al)surdexplanations, and to suspect or accuse breed-ers of using impure or crossbred stock whensuch variations have appeal ed. The relation of the striping in the hackle tothe transverse barring of feathers is not soobvious as the relation of which mention hasjust been made, and that one could be con-verted into the other, for a long time remaineddoubtful to me; but this convertibility wasproved by an cx|)eriment. I hail been breed-ing pea combed ISarred riymouth Uocks, andas the females were too dark in color, Ithought that crossing them with a Whiteriymouth Itock nnght improve their


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