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J A Weekly Page of Poultry Hints to You Here is a Department Full of Bright Ideas For Readers of the Home and Farm Magazine Section. HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION W. II. Haven, of Seattle, writes of the Barred Plymouth S & Rock of today, and what they $ $ are and how to mate them. J 3 JPO CLAIM that double mating is I necessary to produce exhibition stock is to cast a doubt on the term thoroughbred poultry. Any breed that cannot be mated so that a single pair Ttfill produce first class males and females alike ought not to be consid ered as worthy of a place in the stand ard. I am glad to see so many of the old Barred Eoek breeders coming around to what I have advocated all my life. I have been a middle mater, so to speak. This has been termed single mating, and have for many years prac ticed both double and single mating, and have produced a much greater per Cent of very high class exhibition birds, both male and female, from a single mating. The trouble has been brought about by some judges favoring the black and excessively narrow barr ing in males. And this has been a great damage to the grand old breed of America 's favorite. Question of Color. The first class pullet and the first class cockerel should be of one shade. In a general way the mala may look lighter though be is of the same shade or color as the female, for the reasou that while he has as many bars to the feather, his feathers are I i much longer that the lighter color si ws wider be tween the dark bars. Wlrj judges pun ish dark blue barred in Waek and pro tect the specimen that is grayish white, barred in a darker blue that shows no black or metallic black in the dark bars, then will it be possible for man to raise a majority of his birds, both male and female, that will score 91 to 95. The standard makers had no moral Tight to describe as perfect a male and fjmale that will not when mated pro duce chicks like themselves. It is no uncommon thing to see a Barred Rock that by the literal' description of the standard scoro 93 or 94, standing out Side of the several awards, while the specimcnt winning had black bars and black, or nearly black sickles, and off color in beak and legs, and if honestly judged could not have been worthy of fourth place, and this is why so rhany breeders are disgusted with some of the judges. It is too much "hobby judg ing." The judges give too much prefer ence to singlo feathers, A bird may be absolutely standard in the two colors, but because thoro are not more than five bars in the back plumago it is forced to take a back seat in favor of the one that is absolutely false in stand ard color, but that, is stronger in under color and barred 'o the skiu on the back. Unfair Judging. If there is a defect it should be pun ished, but only a fair per cent, and the judge ought not to let his decision for or against tho bird rest on any one sec tion, but right here is when many judges fall down. That is not fair or first class judging. Let the Barred Ply mouth Rock to their original color light bluish gray barred with a dark blue that stops short of black. Then we can mate males and females of self-same color. Then, and not until then, can wo have the progeny like sire and dam and more than 85 per cent of them will score 90 to 93. Then will the Barred Plymouth Rock take its rightful posi tion as the prime favorite of the fancier and farmer. The writer has bred Barred Plymouth Rocks for 35 years and pro duced birds both male and female, by the singlo mating, that have won the blue in the best shows in the United StateB. Forcing breeders to use two matings to be able to win iu both classes is robbing both the breed and tho breeder of Rocks. Proper Mating. I claim that by proper mating of the bred stock one can havo all speci mens barred to tho skin, and have five bars in the short plumago. Any excess is unnatural, and nature should be our law, not man's ideal. Our standard should bo such that it can bo endorsed by nature. The first description of each breed when we took it in hand and honestly described it should still be the ideal. All tinkering since has been unjust and detrimental to them. My many years of experience has proven that the mating of all breeds should be governed by one of the same rules, to-wit: Standard males should be mated to standard females. Then, if properly line-bred, 80 to 85 per cent at six months old should score 91 or more, and no specimen should be mated that falls below an honest 90 points. Males should be as near standard shapo as possible, in color, a distinct bluish gTay in fluff and ground color, this gray color being a combination of bine and white, the web of the feather should be barred with five distinct lines of dark blue stone color free from positive black. This should be the color of the female also, but if seen in the yard the male will appear to be a lighter shade, to have more of a silver gray general plumage. While we demand this bluish gray in underfluff, we do not admit white or a "cotton black," but dis tinct bars. The barB in the web should result in giving us parallel lines upon tho breast and thighs. Absolute white or positive black is a defect wherever found in a Barred Plymouth Rock. All judges should be held up to the law. The day of black-barred winners has gone if the grand old breed is to be kept in the front rank. Perfect Single Mating. I have endeavored to describe a per fect single mating. We must mate three fourths of our stock, and if it is prop erly done tho progeny from' all of them when penned together will look even colored and alike. At six months old take out all that score 91, and better sort them into four lots, the lightest in the first lot, he second lightest in the second lot, the practically perfect in the third lot, and in rot four put the darkest birds. Mate a perfect colored male bird with lot 2, and a trifle light er male with pen 3, and a dark male with pen 1, and one of the lighter males with pen 4, and there will he no per ceptible difference in the best of the progeny of each pen. All black barred specimens, if any, should be sent to the market or kept for table use. If all breeders would follow this plan the Barred Plymouth flocks throughout the country would look very much alike. When a few generations of such mat ings have been used we must see uni form flocks the rule. Most of our breed ers have been obliged to use the few best birds for show purposes and then fall back on their second best and re sort to extreme matings. Many have become disgusted and discarded the Barred "Rocks. ("Breeders, let us put the Barred Plymouth Bock where it be longs) " by demanding such a standard for male and female that we can show birds from a single mating and pro test when judges ignore the standard, its many of them do today, and demand that his standard of color shall bo blu ish gray barred in five or more of dark er blue. CLEAN EGGS. When eggs are being produced for market purposes, it is well to make a point of keeping the nests clean. Dirty eggs are in a class by themselves, and do not command as large a prico as the clean ones. Whero straw is. used for nesting material, see that it is clean and bright. The nosts should be cleaned out now and then and sprayed with some disinfectant. The nests should be so covered that the hens cannot stand on tho Bides and dirty the straw in the nests. If a slanting cover is placed over the nests it will do away with all roosting on the edges of the neat boxes. The eggs should also be graded according to Bize. 'the pullet eggs which will be forthcoming at this time of year should not be placed in with the regulars. Put them in a class by themselves and sell, as pullet eggs. You will probably have to take a little less for the first crate or so, but after a time they will bo large enough to go in with the regular eggs. When sending to private customers, have the egg boxes clean, and the eggs packed so as that they will present a good appearance when the box is opened. There are many little qnirks to the selling of fresh eggs- that will either mean more or less money accord ng to the way they are handled. When In Seattle Try The m r Iff I ft if f i wins -.-n'm. mm Frye IT'S NEW IT'S CLEAN IT CAN'T BURN "IT LOOKS LIKE A. 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