El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07
Have a Little Poultry At Home
Winter Is Coming and the Price of Eggs VIII Soon Begin Awaiting; Hen
Herd Will Reduce the High Cost Of Living
BY }. C. KEENAN,.

LREADY dealers and producers
"A are putting winter rates on eggs
Il and prices ever on case egg are
soaring bevond the reach Of the family
OF moderate income. That makes TINS
the ideal time 10 buy that little Ilock
of well matured pullets ana heuse
against further advances by having
mem convert table scraps into good
old made-iu-El Paso yard eggs az 4
much less cost than that OF the store
bought article. Just a little back yard
space and an expenditure OF a Few
5fuufes snare time night and morn
ing are all that are required TO turn
the day of the scrub is passed. so
in choosing stock for this back YARD
flock take none but full blOods- They
will give YOU better service and Ihen
their uniformity of size. shape and col
oring Will add materially TO the pleas
ure to be derived from the care OF
them. There are many breeds from
which to select and n one Of them
will help to reduce the high cost OF
living so the only question is as 70
which particular breed most strongL
strikes the individual fancy Upon
this largely depends the success OF the
undertaking for the reason the Ereater
the fancvkrhe greater the care and the
greater the 1care the greater n sue
cess
To help the amateur in his seIec-
HHnm Q Will EAME Tx hENA@AaA
lies of a few Of the leading brands
All birds known as the American class
are understood as general purpose
fowls-producing both eggs ana meal
and it would probably he most profit
able TO the family to select some gen
eral purpose fowl and raise a Few
broods Of chicks each year, having Try
ers from your own yard at a cost OF y
cents when on the market you might
Tfhese American breeds comprise Ply
] mouth Rocs, Wyandottes, JaYas, Enoae
I. Island Reds. DOmIniQueS ana buch
Ewes of these the Plymouth Rocks
n Javas are heaviest the males On
( these breeds weighing, according 10
] standard, 81 pounds ald the Ienldles
I ~ pounds. while Wyondottes ana
: Pbode Island Reds weigh Sh pounds
males. and 6h females All OF these
{ breeds lay well in winter, make Soou
I ffryers, brOilers. roasters and Wnen YOU
I are ready to dispose or the oid mems
I 10 make room for younger stock they
Z bring good prices on the market OF
make the finest roasts imaginable -
Plymouth Rocks may be had barred
white. buff. silver penclled, partridge
Z and Columbian. Wyandottes same cor
/ ors EXCEPT barred with the addition OF
sitver. golden and lack Javas black
/ and notified. rhode Island Reds are
( an red, but may be had both rose and
/ single ombed. Dominiques are all
-D0mfneckers," and have rose COMBS
J Buckeyes are q close cousin 10 hnooe
4 Island Reds and nave pea combs from
the Cornish fowl used in their make
M. In point Of value there Is prob
B ably no advantage in anyone OF these
breeds over the others Wyandottes
! make a little earlier and a little better
! fryers, their bodies being rounder and
The English breeds are Dork-
iuFs. Red Caps, O~rpingtons. Cor
nish and SUSSEX. OF these only Cor
! nish are all general purpose fowls
| and O~rpingtons are giving the Amer
lean breeds a close run for the money
in point Of popularity. They can be
had in buff. black, white and blue, az
{ single combed. Their standard weights
3 are ten pounds males, eight pounds
/ females. They have broad deep well
rounded bodies, mature early and are
good winter layers. Already a popular
] fowl. their popularity is rapidly IN
creasinE The highest price ever paid
for a pen of chickens ives paid tor a
pen of white Orpingtous-Sl5OO for
five birds.
Cornish fowls weigh 10 pounds
cocks, and n pounds hens They are
white. white laced and dark They are
very pretty and the lneatest of all
fowls. Imagine a ten pound Bob White
/ quail and YOU have for meat a stand
ard bred Cornish fowl They have
never distinguished themselves in lay
ing, but for meat they are strictly on
the job. For market they are not the
bird for the reason they give more
I meat than appearances would indicate.
while the public loves to be h-umbugged
just a little and made 10 believe that
they are receiving more than they pay
for.
The Asiatic breeds are Brahmas. dark