Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-16
CHICKEN TALK

out of my Reds. The cemetery is
close by for me to bury them in
when you get them all killed off.
Mr.. M how about those White
Orphingtons, surely they are wor-
thy kind word. Those Buff Rocks
of yours, W don't look bad.
Isn't anything doing IN your White
Wyandottes, L. E. and something to
feed all kinds? Haven't you any
thing to say about those Buff Or
phingtons, Henry? hear that
Mr.. S - has some more of those
Barred Rocks, that awful common
chicken, and Frank H. says he's
got two kinds of white chickens,
White Wyandottes and R.C. White
Leghorns and some metal mothers
to hatch them in. Hello. you
Golden Rod people, what's the
matter with your 'Dottes. y Those
Partridge ones are sure beauties.
Who is the man that has the Silver
Laced? And the little Spotted
Hamburgs up on the north side are
cute. Where's the Langshan man
gone?
! Say, Thornt. talking about fry
ing Red eggs, Red eggs like Red
chickens do have a better flavor
than the other breeds and if the
party thot they could afford to eat
them they would have been all
right for that. Wish | dare tell
you the kind they do fry when
they have company from Wiscon-
sin. | heard a man say the other
day that 'Babcock needn't think
! his ROSTERS were anything great;
that he would bet he had three
that would beat anything Babcock
had in every way, bigger, prettier,
and better rustlers.'' | asked him
what kind they were and from the
description II give it up. From
what he said made out they had
a Rock shaped body, the rustling
quality Of the Reds, about Orphing-
ton size, Wyandotte head and
comb, and Leghorn tail. The
color was mostly white with some
red on neck and black speckles in
body and wings. Better see him
Thornt, and maybe you can trade
if he doesn't want too much to
boot. I'll give you his name if
you will allow me commission on
the deal.
That was a nice Brown Leghorn
McC-'s folks sent to the state fair.
Wonder if they have any more.
The best thing have heard late,
ly is on. all of US. A young lady
living a few miles out of town says
there are no full blood chickens
around Watertown and she had to
send SIPS way down to Minnesota
to get setting, She couldn't get
any real good full bloods less than
that. l didn't find out what breed
she sent for but think that by next
year we will all have to look out
for great opposition, as she certain
ly ought to get several breeds from
as good a setting as that, if the
eggs all hatch.
l nearly had an attack of stom-
ach trouble when Doner sprung
Adam and Eve and the Ark on me.
I'd like to know where he heard
of them, don't believe he ever read
of them in the big book.) Oh,
mercy, do you expect to move back
to that time or to the time of
Washington, etc. Don't you know
that the people in those days were
so Disguised with what they had
that they have been improving
them ever since. You bet the
Games were a good foundation to
build on. That's where the Rhode
Island Reds get their standing but
other breeds had to be built on,
to make them as good for general
purpose as they are
By the way, Washburn that
Leghorn poetry was pretty good
for a first attempt, and those Leg
horns do lay like fun in the spring
and summer, but how about in win
ter when eggs are high, and are
they any good for ANYTHING else?
Richardson says Barred Rock
hen won't raise Red chicken, nor
let them follow her around. Moth
ing strange about that, they have
instinct and are looking toward
the future and know that as soon
! as a person got some Reds raised
they would kill off all the Rocks
and keep only THE Business
Hen - The Rhode Island Red.
Geo. w. Dixon. Ct
P. S. Any libel suits brot over
the contents Of this letter will
please be brot against me person
ally as ] haven't any money, and
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