The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-02-20
WONDERFUL FOWL
is BARRED ROCK
Union County Made Wise Choice.
Is Official Breed-The Birds
Have Fought Their Way to
the Top of the Poultry
Ladder.
(The State.)

lhS oIdIe.)
That the Union county poultry
clubs made wise choice in making
the Barred Plymouth Rock the coun-
ty official breed is apparent to all
who have ever raised that grand
American fowl.
1t is unquestionably the most pop
ular fowl in America, and occupies
this place in the hearts of both the
commercial poultrymen and fanciers
upon their real merits.
BY real achievements and it's own
characteristic beauty it has, step by
step, reached this high place in pub
lie sentiment and can not now be de-
throned.
The American Poultry association,
in its efforts to find the most popular
fowl in this county, had an official
count sent to it of the number of
fowls of each variety on exhibit at
every fair, grange and exclusive
poultry shows in the country held
within a year. The result Of this
test showed the Barred Plymouth
Rock away in the lead over all other
breeds and varieties.
Beauty is great, but nothing sue
ceeds permanently like the practical.
America is proud of the Barred Ply
mouth Rock. Of all our utility fowls
and feathered beauties, none are as
peculiarly American as our own Ply-
mouth Rock, and for that reason, if
for no other, her standard require
ments have been guarded zealously,
only changes being allowed that
would tend to make her fowl of
greater commercial possibilities, with
a gradual development of her beauty.
Today we have the most beautiful
and practical fow' in the world, and
one that will thrive and do well dur
ing any season and in any climate.
Average is Good.
The Barred Rock is not fowl
whose claim for recognition as a
profit maker for the farmer is built
upon the achievement of any certain
individual specimen. On the con-
trary, the Barred Rock has worked
its way to the hearts of American
farmers and commercial poultrymen
by the sheer high accomplishments
OF the general average of it's kind.
In the great 1913 international lay
ing contest, held at Mountain Grove,
Mo-, ten Barred Rock hens laid l.
6O8 eggs during the contest, with Is
days to finish the year with. This
is an average of over 160 eggs per
hen, per year, from a pen of ten fe-
males and is more than double the
number of eggs laid by the average
farm and mangrel hens, according to
the last government report.
One OF the worlds best layers is
the Barred Rock hen, Lady Hattie,
with an official record of 241 eggs in
one year. She and her four mates
nave laid in one years time a total
OF LILO! eggs, an average of 232 eggs
each. This record is official, having
been made under government super
vision.
Fronts on the farm are always de-
pendent upon the number of chicks
Matched, also upon the health of the
fowl after it has reached maturity.
In this the Barred Rock is unex-
celled.
Will Produce Weight.
The Barred Rock will produce
more weight in four to six months
time on less feed than will most any
other fowl. These are important
factors in considering the question
of profitable poultry for general
farming.
Breeding birds of the Barred Rock
variety are always in demand. Farm
ers have no task in selling their sur
plus males that were produced from
well bred stock from So to SO each.
Farmers OF today are beginning to
realize the need of well berd males
for breeding and are willing to pay
fair price to obtain them.