FARMER'S CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK 



Other French meat breeds are the La 

 Fleche and Creve-coeur, both black 

 breeds with Y-shaped combs. The La 

 Fleche breed is rather tall, gaunt look- 

 ing, delicate constitutioned, furnishing 

 flesh of excellent quality, second only to 

 the Game in delicacy. They are moder- 



Fig. 



400 SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURG 



COCKEREL 



ate layers of large white eggs. The 

 Creve-coeurs are more compact in form 

 and are crested, but are likewise weak 

 constitutioned. Cocks weigh about 8 

 pounds, hens 7 pounds. The La Fleches 

 are about ^2 pound heavier. 



General purpose breeds — As the name 

 indicates these breeds occupy a middle 

 ground between the small ' egg laying 

 breeds and the large meat breeds. They 

 are intermediate in size and while not 

 as good layers, perhaps, as the strictly 

 egg breeds, are much better layers than 

 the meat breeds. 



Plymouth Rock — This is one of the 

 best and most popular of the general 

 purpose breeds. There are several 

 strains. The Barred Rock which is per- 

 haps the most popular, with both single 

 and double comb strains, White Ply- 

 mouth Rock, Buff Plymouth Rock, Par- 

 tridge, and Silver Pencil. In the Barred 

 Rock the color is gray-white, regu- 

 larly crossed with parallel bars of blue 

 black. This breed is especially valuable 

 for farmers and market poultrymen. 

 They are of medium size, well propor- 

 tioned, with a deep, full breast, hardy 

 and mature early. They are good winter 

 layers, and one of the best breeds for set- 

 ting. The eggs are brown colored, run' 

 ning about eight to the pound. The 

 standard weight of the cock is 9^2 



pounds, cockerels 8 pounds, hens 7V2 

 pounds, pullets 6^ pounds. 



The Wyandotte stands next in im- 

 portance to the Plymouth Rock in pop- 

 ularity. They are a much later developed 

 breed than the Plymouth Rock and 

 are somewhat more blocky in shape. 

 They are especially sought after for the 

 production of broilers. For utility pur- 

 poses they may be regarded as the equal 

 of the Plymouth Rock. The farmer who 

 selects either of these breeds will make 

 no mistake. There are Black, Buff, 

 Golden, Partridge, Silver and White 

 varieties, the White Wyandotte being 

 most popular. The chicks are exceed- 

 ingly hardy and mature early. The hens 

 are excellent sitters and good mothers 

 and as good layers as the Plymouth 

 Rocks. The eggs, however, are not quite 

 so attractive in color or so uniform in 

 shape as those of the Plymouth Rock, 

 being a somewhat lighter shade of 

 brown. The standard weight of cocks 

 is 8V2 pounds ; cockerels, 7V2 ; hens, 6V2 ; 

 and pullets, h x /i. 



Fig. 401 — LIGHT BRAHMA HEN 



The Rhode Island Red closely re- 

 sembles the White Wyandotte in gen- 

 eral form. While bred more particu- 

 larly for roasters and broilers they are 

 equally as good layers as the Wyandotte. 

 The color is a reddish buff, and there 

 are both single and rose comb varieties. 

 They are hardy and good layers and 

 rapidly growing m popularity in New 



