The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-10


And, where her nest of rubbish is,
Lays us another
What an example Of daily work she
gives us lazy mortals,
Some r. l. Reds have a record of
more than $50 eggs the "hincome' Of
one years work. is not that an eggs
ample" worthy OF note?
No wonder the Reds are rushing to
the front as business birds. They do
not soil their rich, beautiful plumage
by scratching in the red land Of Geor-
gia Beauty is a good thing on the
outside if you can keep it clean, but
you must look on the inside for biz
would not give a cent for a White
Leghorn if / had to wash her before
she was fit for a show. She might
keep clean on the white sands Of Flor
ida, but not on black muck or red hills
of Georgia. White is not any color
anyway; it is the absence of all color
Give me something red-a red rose,
a ripe cherry, a red apple, a Rhode ISL
and Red
What makes the R. l. Reds so good
every way?
Why, the outbreeding instead Of in
breeding.
Some fifty or sixty years ago sea
captains who sailed from the seaports
of Massachusetts, and who were in the
tea trade or in pursuit OF whales on
the broad Pacific, saw some Asiatic
fowls of striking red plumage per
haps Cochin Chinas or Great Malays
The male birds were distinguished for
great size and glossy red plumage
One sea captain brought a fine red
male and gave it to a friend of his at
town called Little Compton, r. l..
who was in the poultry business, fur
nishing fowls and eggs for the Boston
market. He put this cOck-a-doodle in
his yards where he had Brown Leg
horns, Barred Rocks, games and other
breeds. The red male stamped his
color as well as his rich yellow skin
on his progeny
1t Is this outbreeding that has given
the Reds that wonderful vigor and
vitality which they possess.
The r. ]. Red Club was formed in
1901 and standard for single combs
established
In 1904 the American Poultry Asso-
citation accepted the standard adopted
by the r. |. Red Club for single combs.
In 1906 the Rose Comb Reds were adj
mitted at the meeting in Cincinnati
Standard Weights Cock, s 10 lbs:
cockereL 7 10 lbs; hen, 6 II lbs; pull
let, lbs.
Shape of Male and Color Shape of
female and color and disqualifications
To mention all of them would take up
more room in The Journal and Cour-
Ter than the editor can afford to spare
But let me briefly say, the body of
the cock should be deep, broad and
long, giving it an oblong look. His
step and carriage are highly aristo-
cratic. His color, brilliant red not
brassy, but a dark. rich glossy red.
Under color. salmon red. His tail
green black, showing the royal purple
He looks as if he had been dipped i'm
sunshine, and needs no water dip. He
is not Baptist, but a growing. roar
ing Methodist He begins to shout his
challenge between and y I'm the
morning, and keeps il up until Aurora
drives her steeds across the eastern
sky
City people find fault with his
clarion notes. but he viii speak his
views and fights for his rights as long
as he has a spur have known them
to crow in my hands while taking
them to the block for decaptatiou.
Queen Biddie Red is a beauty from
the start
| am now looking at five pullets.
hatched from dollar eggs (sired by
first prize winner at Madison Square
Garden. New York city,, that are now
scratching in the leaves near my win