Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-30
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THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR
AMERICAN BREEDS OF POULTRY

the best in the world, whether for
winter or summer. Heavily feather
ed. yet not burdened; tough and hardy
from the shell up: clean legged and
, of body and abounding in energy and
pep" without being nervous and
"scary," the Rocks, the Dottes and
the Reds lead the world as all-'round
general purpose fowls.
But this isn't all.
They Delight the Fancier
The breeder who wants beauty
may satisfy his cravings in the Am
erican breeds. The richness and
variety of color, the charm and SYM
metry of outline, the stateliness of car
riage and amiableness of tempera-
ment, found in most of the American
varieties. from the splendid silver.
penciled Wyandotte to the mottled
Java or the Dominique, will be diff
cult to duplicate among all the more
than 100 varieties of standard bred
fowls now on this continent. The al
most countless specimens of our IA
nous American birds occupying front
lines at every poultry show where
hundreds of fanciers wage nation
wide contests. prove this to be fact.
An ideal Barred Rock is one of the
most beautiful birds in the world. Its
deep richness of coloring, the maJes-
tic bearing, the look of energy and
power, the splendid presence, all COM
bine to build up an animal personality
of the most aristocratic caste. Again.
inspect the fiery red feathering of the
Rhode Island Red There's color for
the most exacting. Try the Column
bian Wyandotte, with it's beautifully
rounded rose comb, splendid markings
of jet black and snow white, its skin
as yellow as gold, and its voluptuous
shape ravishing to the sight of every
epicure in the land. believe the
Columbian Wyandotte has within II
the making of the greatest bird in
America, whether for the fancy or the
utility class.
At Home in Every Mans Yard
That is the American fowl of what
ever breed or variety. You can't con-
vince the American farmer that these
They will lay him eggs, they will
mother his chicks, they will load his
platters with meat fit for the gods
they will boost his bank account, they
will keep his wife happy, his children
healthy. and himself perennially hope.
full They are his ideal. He desires
nothing better, because he can gel
nothing better.
They are just as much at home" ir
the suburban backyard. Set any o.
these 1S varieties down to any spo
between the oceans, north or south
and they will prove to you that they
were created to live and thrive JUS
! there. Frost cannot frighten them
heat cannot harm them, they can live
and sing and thrive on a square rod, Of
rustic for living over hundred-acre
range.
For egg farming alone we will hav'
to admit that the four-pound White
Leghorn has won out against all com
ers. She eats little and asks no tim
off for maternity matters. But fol
an all-round general purpose bust
ness, including eggs, meat. feathers
roasters, broilers, capons, incubation
and brooding, as we'll as the highes
caste and most profitable form of th
fanciers art, the little Egg Machine
has not even standing room by TIL
side of the great American breeds.
| Every year writes in larger scroll
the ER-EXCELLENCE of thes,
splendid fowls. We must have NOR
than eggs. We must have meat II
abundance as we'll. Let every mar
who can, make the most he can, o
the best meat producing animals ii
| the world-the Rocks, the Dottes, th
Reds. the Javas. the Dominiques ant
the Buckeyes. They should be rarset
by hundreds of thousands in ever!
State in the Union. The most exhaus
tive scientific Investigations are need
| ed to develop to it's highest possibl
efficiency this rich mine of the people
| resources.