The Eastern poultryman easternpoultryma37unse Year: 1902 THE EASTERN POULTRYMAN. 87 Standard-Bred Barred Plymouth Rocks. So much has been written in regard to this breed that it is almost impossible to write an article on them without repeti- tion. Their origin is not of so much im- portance at this time as the fact that we have them and that they are ours to make the most of. I am not one of that kind that thinks his or iier breed is the best. The best breed for every one has not as yet arrived. Too much booming is not good for anything. What the be ginner wants is more facts and less fairy
The Eastern poultryman easternpoultryma37unse Year: 1902 THE EASTERN POULTRYMAN. 87 Standard-Bred Barred Plymouth Rocks. So much has been written in regard to this breed that it is almost impossible to write an article on them without repeti- tion. Their origin is not of so much im- portance at this time as the fact that we have them and that they are ours to make the most of. I am not one of that kind that thinks his or iier breed is the best. The best breed for every one has not as yet arrived. Too much booming is not good for anything. What the be ginner wants is more facts and less fairy tales. I did not, like some, take up four or five different breeds and find them not what I wanted and then change to Barred Rocks and find in them all the good qualities of the others and none of their faults. I started with the Barred Ply- mouth Rocks and I have had no occasion to change. I wanted a breed that was popular, one that would produce a large number of eggs when eggs were high, a breed that any poultryman would pay the highest cash price for when I had broilers or 'roasters' to sell. Another thing I had in view was to produce a strain of birds that would ex- cel as egg producers and go into the show room and win the ribbons. I have always had a love for poultry keeping since a boy and always read all the poul- try papers I could find, and when I could get the chance I would go to poultry shows, so you see I had a good chance of finding out for myself what I wanted for a breed. Now comes the question. What have they done for me? They have demon- strated their ability to produce a large number of eggs. I have a pen of fourteen pullets sired by a winning cock in a hot class of Barred Rocks that have not laid less than six, and as many as thirteen eggs a day this month (January). I have another pen hatched in June that are lay- ing almost as well. I have not had the same experience as some do in regard to sitters, for I could not get them to sit and had to buy incubat
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