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Plymouth, from my original stock, belonging to Messrs. John 

 K. Harlow, Samuel Shaw and myself, that are now a little over 

 one year old ; the cockerels measure from thirty-two to thirty- 

 five inches high and weigh about ten pounds, and the pullets 

 from six and a half to seven pounds each ; forming, in my 

 opinion, the best cross that has ever been produced. 



"The pullets commenced laying when five months old, prov- 

 ing themselves very superior layers. Their eggs are of a medium 

 size, rich and reddish-yellow in color. Their plumage is rich 

 and variegated ; the cocks, usually red or speckled, and the 

 pullets darkish brown. They are very fine fleshed and early fit 

 for the table. Their legs are very large and usually blue or 

 green, but occasionally yellow or white, generally having five 

 toes upon each foot. Some have their legs feathered, but this 



One of the earliest pictures published of the American Plymouth Rock, 

 appearing in Rural New Yorker, 1872, and in Stoddard's Poultry World, 

 1873. [Observe darker plumage of the neck feathers and coarseness of bar- 

 ring in the larger feathers, combs irregular and serrations very numer- 

 ous, tail feathers of the male are represented as being blown by the 

 wind.] 



