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Cochins, and after some comparison of notes with Mr. Richard 

 Hooper, who was breeding Partridge Cochin and Brown Leg- 

 horn crosses, I went to the Boston Poultry Show for 1900, and 

 while there was surprised to find that someone had anticipated 

 my plan, for there was first shown by Messrs. Cornell and 

 Brackenbury, the beautiful new variety that Mr. Brackenbury 

 had bred, with the plumage of the Partridge Cochin. In talking 

 to Mr. Brackenbury I revealed to him my plan for a Partridge 

 Plymouth Rock, and later procured from him and from Mr. 

 Cornell all the single combed sports from their Golden Penciled 

 Wyandottes. These single combed sports were bred with a half- 

 blood Partridge Cochin male that Mr. Brackenbury bred from 

 his stock, and also with a cross-bred cockerel of Mr. Hooper's 

 stock, bred three-fourths Partridge Cochin and one-fourth 

 Brown Leghorn. From these matings I have bred some very 

 fine specimens of a Partridge Plymouth Rock an American 

 type of fowl with the clean shanks and the beautiful Partridge 

 Cochin plumage. I have also bred a strain in connection with 

 Hooper from my trio of Partridge Cochins of 1900, and an 

 Indian Game cockerel bred by Mr. Charles D. Cotton. From 

 this strain we now have some very fine specimens with very rich 

 plumage. My strain of Partridge Plymouth Rocks are now bred 

 closely as follows: Golden Penciled Hamburg, 1-16; Golden 

 Laced Wyandotte, 2-16; Brown Leghorn, 1-16; Partridge Cochin, 

 12-16." 



From these accounts it appears that the honor of originating 

 Partridge Plymouth Rocks is really divided between the Eas- 

 tern and Western strains, as they were afterwards known, or 

 the Crocker and Noftzger strains. According to these accounts. 

 Mr. Noftzger made the first mating with a Partridge Plymouth 

 Rock in mind only one year before Dr. Crocker began breed- 

 ing with the same ideal in mind. We are very fortunate to 

 have these accounts by the originators themselves, preserved 

 in such a manner that certain uncertainties that hang over the 

 ancestry of some of our American varieties do not obscure the 

 lineage of this one. 



One strain is Partridge Cochins, Dark Cornish and Golden 

 Wyandottes together, while the other is a composite of Part- 

 ridge Cochin, Golden Wyandotte, Brown Leghorn and Golden- 

 Penciled Hamburg blood. The former would seem to be su- 

 perior in flesh and the latter in laying qualities, as it has the 

 blood of two of the best of laying breeds in its makeup. Part 



