62 Farm Poultry 



ciently protected to withstand the rigors of the 

 northern winters. 



PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



For half a century these fowls have been steadily 

 gaining in favor until they now occupy the highest 

 position as to popularity. Probably no other breed 

 has ever been so widely distributed and so numer- 

 ously bred under such varying conditions as the 

 Plymouth Rocks. They seem to have remarkable 

 powers of adapting themselves to the conditions 

 under which they are placed. 



It has been said of them by an eminent poultry 

 authority that " Where any fowl will thrive this 

 breed will do well.' 7 The fact that these fowls are 

 so numerously bred on the farms of this country, 

 where usefulness is the important consideration, 

 is perhaps the highest testimonial that any breed 

 of fowls can have. 



There has been, and still continues, an effort 

 on the part of poultry fanciers to create a large 

 number of varieties. This breed, like many others, 

 shows the result of this work. While the older va- 

 rieties are not necessarily injured through the for- 

 mation of new ones, yet one must lament the fact 

 that so much effort has been bestowed on a useful 

 breed to simply please the eye, without any marked 

 improvement along the lines for which these fowls 



