PLYMOUTH ROCK STANDARD AND BREED BOOK 



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To produce females of the most beautiful color and markings, 

 the best hens should be mated with a male descendant from an 

 exhibition female. The offspring from this mating should be 

 kept separate and be mated together continually year after year ; 

 the best females so obtained should be mated with the best males 

 that are produced from this same line of breeding. 



PLATE 80 



SILVER-PENCILED PLYMOUTH BOCKS 

 NECK FEATHERS OF FEMALES 



Solid, for producing best exhi- 

 bition males. 



Penciled, as seen on females, 

 for producing females with best 

 penciled body sections. 



1, 2. Solid black stripe, necessary to produce Standard exhibition 

 colored hackles on males. 



3, 4. Penciled stripe, as found on females possessing the finest 

 penciling over breast, back, wing and body sections, necessary to pro- 

 duce the best exhibition colored females. 



Note: This section, neck, presents the most marked variance in 

 plumage of the females of the cockerel-breeding and pullet-breeding 

 lines. A solid black stripe in hackle, especially in the lower portion 

 of the lower or longest hackle feathers, is required and very much 

 desired in an exhibition male. To obtain such, it is generally neces- 

 sary to breed from females that possess the same character. (Ed.) 



