82 BIGGIE POUI/TRY BOOK. 



fancier's text - book. Thoroughbred chickens are 

 divided into ten general classes. 



The first is the American class. This includes 

 five breeds : Plymouth Rock, of which there are 

 four varieties the Barred, Buff, Pea -Comb, and 

 White ; Wyandottes, of which there are five varieties 

 Silver -Laced, Golden, White, Buff and Black; 

 Javas, in three varieties Black, Mottled and White ; 

 American Dominiques and Rhode Island Reds. 



Of this class, Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes 

 are the most numerous and widely known. 



The characteristic shape and appearance of the 

 Single-Comb Barred Plymouth Rock is well exhib- 

 ited in colored Plate I. The color of the plumage 

 is a grayish- white, each feather crossed with bars of 

 blue-black. The color is the same as that of the 

 Dominique. They are a general-purpose chicken, 



i are superior 

 | layers and 

 make shapely 

 dressed poul- 

 try. Being 

 well adapted 

 to farm con- 

 ditions they 

 have long 

 | been popular 

 WHITE WYANDOTTES. as the ''farm- 



er's fowl." A full-grown cock should weigh nine and 

 one-half pounds, and a hen two pounds less. The other 

 varieties of the breed differ only in comb or plumage. 

 Wyandottes, a breed of more recent origin, have 



