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Title: Philips' buyers guide for 1897 : garden, farm and flower seeds
Identifier: CAT31282664 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: J. M. Philips' Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Mercersburg, Pa. : J. M. Philips' Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Thoroughbred Poultry. 55 Barred Plymoth Rock.
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fl W, - -- ' â '; V â¢' â¢â¢' '."> 0*..*.v...- ' ' MM The Barred Plymouth Rock has been termed America's Idol. It is the farmer's delight, the poulter's "stand-by," and the villager's best friend, as it can be depended on to yield a generous supply of eggs and savory flesh. For meat, size, laying qualities, vigor, quick growing, and attractiveness combined there is no breed that will not suffer by comparison. This difficult union of qualities makes the Barred Plymouth Rock a perennial favorite. For the market they are one of the best, geing large, with plump bodies and full breast, with clean yellow legs and skin. For these reasons and many others they always command a high price. For table fowls they have but few equals, being sweet, juicy, fine-grained, tender, and delicate. As layers they are considered above the average. A larger percentage of their eggs hatch and fewer of their chicks die than any other breed. Many breeds stop laying during the winter, but the steady-going Plymouth Rocks bid defiance to the season, provided their house be a warm one and they are plentifully supplied with food convertible into eggs. They always mature early and are splendid foragers, fast growers, and compactly built. The hens are the most patient of brooders and the best of mothers, and so determined are they to bring up a family that they often adopt a stray chicken. These fowls are very hardy and healthy, thriving well in any weather. Prices: Single male $1.25; pair $2.25; trio, cock and two hens $3.00. Eggs for hatching 75c per 13. The Minorca is famous as a layer of large eggs. If the test of weight of eggs produced were applied to all breeds, the Minorca would probably stand first. They stand confinement well. Although active birds and good foragers, if given liberty to work they can be cooped or retained in small runs without it affecting their health or laying qualities. For table purposes they are fair. Their flesh is close and white, and in dressing there is less offal than in some of the heavier breeds. Prices: Single male $1.25; pair, mated for breeding $2.25; trio, cock and two hens $3.00. Eggs for hatching, 75c per 13. F>lad( /Vlinorcas.

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