National Agricultural Library

Standard-Bred Rhode Island Reds, Rose and Single Comb

Their Practical Qualities, The Standard Requirements, How to Judge Them, How to Mate and Breed for Best Results

American Poultry Publishing Company
Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company

If ever a breed has been blest by being pushed by a loyal lot of fanciers and breeders, it is the Rhode Island Red. These same breeders tell us the breed itself has won its own popularity and overcome almost insurmountable obstacles in the way of prejudice, etc., by its grand utility qualities.

American breeders have in the past originated and perfected two grand breeds, viz., the Plymouth Rocks and the Wyandottes — both of them great favorites. To produce another breed that would possess the grand utility qualities of these two and also prove popular as a fancier's fowl seemed a herculean task but our New England fanciers and breeders, showing the indomitable spirit of their forefathers and being ably assisted by breeders in other parts of the country, went at the task knowing they had a fowl that would meet all the requirements of both the utility and the fancy in this country.