. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . IDEAL WHITE-FACED BLACK SPANISH. The White Faced Black Spanish fowl is one of our oldest varieties ofpoultry, and while not as e>;tensively bred as many other varieties, it pos-sesses merit of a high order, both as a fancy and ntility fowl. FEEDING FOE SIZE. Some may be intersted in knowing how w^e feed for size. Weinduce exercise, but feed plentifully and make the diet as variedas possible. Milk, meat, grain and green food form the main basisof our feeding. Skimmed milk at 6 cents per gallon is a
. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . IDEAL WHITE-FACED BLACK SPANISH. The White Faced Black Spanish fowl is one of our oldest varieties ofpoultry, and while not as e>;tensively bred as many other varieties, it pos-sesses merit of a high order, both as a fancy and ntility fowl. FEEDING FOE SIZE. Some may be intersted in knowing how w^e feed for size. Weinduce exercise, but feed plentifully and make the diet as variedas possible. Milk, meat, grain and green food form the main basisof our feeding. Skimmed milk at 6 cents per gallon is a cheap food, andwe also use quantities of thick sour milk. Practically no corn is fed ouryoung stock until six months old. Bran and middlings are a daily portionof the diet and are kept before the chicks at all times in the dry state, butsometimes we moisten this mixture for a change. Have found whole oattsoaked in skim milk a great growth producer, but they should not be feduntil chicks reach the age of six weeks. Charcoal, grit and cool watersliould not be forgotten. imODE TSLA^TI) COkUf^OU^ OHlQ!« IDEAL KTIODL: ISLAND RED THIO. The outcome of the la?t meeting of the American Poultry Association,so far as the Ehodb Ishmd Keds are concerned, was most fortunate. TheSingle-Comb variety was admitted at Bochester, and was satisfied with gain-ing admission to the Standard. A year of storm, contention and determina-tion to win has made them so Mell known throughout the world as to givethem an unusual boom. The Rhode Island Eeds are general purpose fowls of great merit. Theyhave strength and vigor, are of quick growth, easily grown, lay a goodlynumber of fine-size eggs having the brown shell, and in every way exceptin perfect regularity of breeding as to feather, are attractive birds. In appearance, to the uneducated, the Single-Comb Rhode Island Redwould be said to resemble the Plymouth Rock; the Rose-Comb RhodeIsland Red to resemble the Wyandotte. While this is not exactly t
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