American poultry world . is the author ofthis article but in the same issue \ Robinson states editorially: It is not unreasonable to predictthat Rose Comb Barred Rocks will in avery few years ocsupy a prominentposition in poultrydom. We presume that after Rose CombBarred Rocks there would come R. Rocks, R. C. Buff Rocks, R. Rocks and so on until we willhave a Rose and Single Comb of eachvariety of the Plymouth Rock family. May this time never come! The SingleComb is one of the distinguishingfeatures of the Plymouth Rock as the Rose Comb is of the Wyandotte and thePea Co
American poultry world . is the author ofthis article but in the same issue \ Robinson states editorially: It is not unreasonable to predictthat Rose Comb Barred Rocks will in avery few years ocsupy a prominentposition in poultrydom. We presume that after Rose CombBarred Rocks there would come R. Rocks, R. C. Buff Rocks, R. Rocks and so on until we willhave a Rose and Single Comb of eachvariety of the Plymouth Rock family. May this time never come! The SingleComb is one of the distinguishingfeatures of the Plymouth Rock as the Rose Comb is of the Wyandotte and thePea Comb of the Brahma. Just how it is possible to produce aRose Comb Barred Plymouth Roek with-out no outside blood other than thebest strains of Barred Plymouth Rocks,is beyond us. We have seen thousandsof Barred Plymouth Rocks in every sec-tion of the country and do not recallever seeing or hearing of a Rose Combbeing produced by any breeders of arelaible strain. It would not be sur-prising to have a Rose Comb variety pro-. W. THEO. WITTMAN, Supt. of Poultry Department of theGreat Allentown Fair Mr. Wittman is one of the bestknown poultry show managers in thecountry. For ten years he has beensuperintendent at the Great AllentownFair, which he has helped to and ex-tend until it is now recognized as oneof the leading fall poultry shows ofAmerica. Mr. Wittman was one of thefirst, if not the first superintendent ofa fall poultry show to adopt the me-thods, classification, marked catalo-gues, etc., the same as are used Inmodern winter shows. Plans for this years fair that is tobe held September 21-24, include anaddition to the main poultry buildingmaking the third time +hat enlargedquarters have been made necesary sinceMr. Wittman began in his pre ent posi-tion. Mr. Wittman will be pleased tosend particulars and information re-garding the coming show to prospec-tive exhibitors. For further particularssee Allentown Show announcement inthis issue. duce Single Combs, but it cannot besaid
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