. The Eastern poultryman. Poultry Periodicals; Fruit Periodicals. A pair of high-scoring Barred Plymouth Rocks, bred and owned by Lunt & Curtis, Freeport, Me. Praises for the Redcaps. (Written for the Eastern Poultryman.) During the last few years the Minorcas and Leghorns have led the egg-producing class and there seemed to be no variety of fowls that could compare with them, but recently a breed has come to light that is destined to defeat the other breeds and thus secure the leadership of the egg-producing class. That variety is the Redcaps. Many will claim that I am wrong, but I believ
. The Eastern poultryman. Poultry Periodicals; Fruit Periodicals. A pair of high-scoring Barred Plymouth Rocks, bred and owned by Lunt & Curtis, Freeport, Me. Praises for the Redcaps. (Written for the Eastern Poultryman.) During the last few years the Minorcas and Leghorns have led the egg-producing class and there seemed to be no variety of fowls that could compare with them, but recently a breed has come to light that is destined to defeat the other breeds and thus secure the leadership of the egg-producing class. That variety is the Redcaps. Many will claim that I am wrong, but I believe and hold that within a short time the Redcaps will lead the egg-pro- ducing varieties, and they are certainly worthy of that place of honor. I have bred the Redcaps for several years and have found them to surpass the other varieties as layers. They are busy workers and will find as much of their food as the Leghorns or Minorcas. I do not dispute the fact that they are a trifle harder to raise than the other breeds but if given good care they will reach maturity in good shape, and from then on they are as strong and healthy as any variety. They are seldom broody, and continue to lay in winter as well as sum mer, and their eggs are good size and color. During the last few seasons the popu- larity this breed has gained assures us of their success, and the time is not far off when Redcaps will lead the other varieties and as egg producers will reign supreme. Austin Prizes Awarded at Fitchburg Poultry Show. Barred Plymouth Rocks.—A. A. Tis- dale, Leominster, Mass., i, 2 cock ; i, 2, 3 hen ; 2 pul ; i, 2 pen. Haldie Nichol- son. Leominster, Mass., i, 2 ckl ; i pul. White Plymouth Rocks.—E. H. Wil- liams, West Boylston, Mass., 3 ckl ; 3 pul. Fred Johnson, Leominster, Mass., 2 cock ; I ckl ; 3 pul. J. H. Bates, Leo- minster, Mass., I cock ; i, 2 pul ; i pen Bufif Plymouth Rocks.—Haldie Nichol- son, 2 ckl ; I pul. W. B. Woods, West Boylston, Mass., i cock ; 3 hen ;
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