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make excellent winter layers, but for greatest egg 

 production in the wintertime fowls should not be 

 kept longer than two years. They are easily kept 

 in confinement and are adapted to nearly all cli- 

 mates. Probably no breed better combines these 

 two qualities egg production and the yielding 

 of a large amount of good meat for the table. This 



FIG. 17. Barred Plymouth Rock hen (one-seventh size). 



variety, more than any other, has won for this breed 

 its remarkable popularity. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



In a general way, what has been said of the 

 Barred Plymouth Rocks will apply to all varieties 

 of this breed, although the newer varieties are not 



