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white Many of the winning specimens of today have the old 

 "Nugget" blood flowing in their veins, and owe their soundness 

 in surface and undercolor to this source. 



By combination of the blood of these different strains and 

 selection of the best specimens. Buff Plymouth Rocks that are 

 true to both the color and shape descriptions of the variety have 

 been and are being produced. 



The foregoing gives a history in brief of the origin and 

 early development of Buff Plymouth Rocks. From beyond this 

 point it is difficult to follow the development of the different 

 strains and diversing lines of each in the hands of the many who 

 take up the breeding of a popular variety. That the blood of 

 these different strains has been mingled repeatedly is an assured 

 fact. The good quality of present day Buff Plymouth Rocks 

 may be attributed to the intelligent selection and crossing of 

 individual specimens from these prominent early strains. 



PLATE 55 



First prize Buff Plymouth 

 Eock cockerel at Boston 1903, 

 that sold for $300. Probably the 

 highest price paid for a Ply- 

 mouth Rock up to that time. 



(Cockerel bred by Millvillc 

 Poultry Farm, Millville, N. Y M 

 M. F. Delano, manager. Sold 

 to Mr. Weimer of Pennsylvania, 

 who named him "Gold Force.") 



