. American poultry world . ing (Auburn, New York)Barred Plymouth Rocks, one of theleading successful strains of easternorigin and of continental triumphs atthe big shows from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With these birds, Mr. Owensecured the expert services of NewtonCosh, himself an originator of prizewinning Barred Rocks and a con-ditioner and showman of long exper-ience. Owen Farms now own thousands ofbirds of the varieties mentioned—alsoWhite Wyandottes—in fact, probablyowns more high class specimens of thedifferent varieties bred by them thanany other poultry plant in
. American poultry world . ing (Auburn, New York)Barred Plymouth Rocks, one of theleading successful strains of easternorigin and of continental triumphs atthe big shows from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With these birds, Mr. Owensecured the expert services of NewtonCosh, himself an originator of prizewinning Barred Rocks and a con-ditioner and showman of long exper-ience. Owen Farms now own thousands ofbirds of the varieties mentioned—alsoWhite Wyandottes—in fact, probablyowns more high class specimens of thedifferent varieties bred by them thanany other poultry plant in readers are invited to sendfor their printed matter. It will bemailed free on request if you willmention AMERICAN POULTRYWORLD when writing for it. Mr. Kellerstrass is doing for theWhite Orpingtons what U. R. Fisheldid, and is still doing, for the WhitePlymouth Rocks—is making themworld famous, on merit and individualquality. When Mr. Kellerstrass tookup the White Orpingtons a few yearsago they were comparatively un-. ERNEST KELLERSTRASS, KANSASCITY, MO. known aa to utility value and werepractically without friends or ad-mirers as exhibition specimens. searched this country,Canada and England for the bestspecimens of White Orpingtons ob-tainable, mated them with skill, culledclosely, studied their characteristics—did most of the selecting, mating andculling himself, though he is awealthy man, and the result has beennew world-records—including for ex-ample ,the highest valued Standardspecimen ever produced, the highestpriced exhibition pen ever sold andthe largest individual returns per henfor eggs sold for hatching purposes,namely, $68 per hen for the season,thirty hens included in the count. Mr. Kellerstrass is another notablefriend of poultry culture who is athorough believer, not only in effectiveadvertising, but in first class printedmatter. His annual catalog, like hisadvertisements and his repeatedtriumphs in the way of breakingestablished record
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