Dollars and sense in the poultry business .. . Barred Plymouth Rocks at his home, showing and winningwith his birds, and birds of his breeding have often taken prizes and won specialdistinction at Egg-Laying Contests during the past few years. Born in Rhode Island in 1885, educated at the Providence Technical HighSchool and the Rhode Island State College, graduating from the latter, specializ-ing in Poultry and Animal Husbandry in 1907. Spent boyhood days on a largegeneral and poultry farm in Rhode Island. The farm flock of Barred Rocks wayback in 1895 and 1890 was the pride of this future pou
Dollars and sense in the poultry business .. . Barred Plymouth Rocks at his home, showing and winningwith his birds, and birds of his breeding have often taken prizes and won specialdistinction at Egg-Laying Contests during the past few years. Born in Rhode Island in 1885, educated at the Providence Technical HighSchool and the Rhode Island State College, graduating from the latter, specializ-ing in Poultry and Animal Husbandry in 1907. Spent boyhood days on a largegeneral and poultry farm in Rhode Island. The farm flock of Barred Rocks wayback in 1895 and 1890 was the pride of this future poultry authority. Grew upin the country where the most of our popular American breeds of today wereoriginated. Positions held: Professor of Poultry Husbandry, Baron de Hirsch Agricul-tural School, Woodbine, N. J., 1907 to 1910. Since 1910 Professor of PoultryHusbandry, New Jersey State University, New Brunswick. Poultry Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station. Supervisor of New Jerseysthree Egg-Laying and Breeding A flock of 100 carefully selected 3 to 5-year-old hens used for hatching eggsand baby chicks on the farm of Prof. H. R. Lewis, Davlsville, R. I., Eastern officeand Demonstration Farm o the American Poultry School. Kansas r|ty. i»1o. Page Thirty-twp American Poult ry School, Kansas City, M o. REESE V. HICKS Vice-President and Instructor AS Vice-President of the American Poultry School, Mr. Hicks bringshis 25 years of actual production of poultry in the South, the West,and the East to the students of this great is a licensed judge and a breeder of poultry and live stock with alife-long experience. From boyhood he has handled live stock and early be-gan to make a special study of poultry. In his native State, Tennessee, as ayoung man he built up a flourishinglive stock and poultry business. Hiswork and ability attracted attention notonly in his own state, but of his activity and ability as apoultryman and li
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