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fancier's text - book. Tliorouglil)rc(l chickens ;ire 

 divided into tcu general ckisses. 



The first is the American ckiss. This inchules 

 fi\e breeds : riyniouth Rock, of ^vhich there are 

 four varieties — the Barred, Buff, I'ea-Conib, and 

 White ; Wyandottes, of which there are five varieties 

 — Silver- Traced, Golden, White, Buff and Black; 

 Javas, in three varieties — Black, Mottled and White ; 

 American Dominiques and Jersey Blues. 



Of this class, Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes 

 arc 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 

 l)lue-black. The color is the same as that of the 

 Dominique. They are a general-])urpose chicken, 



r c superior 

 I y e r s and 

 make shapely 

 dressed poul- 

 try. Being 

 well adapted 

 to farm con- 

 ditions they 

 have long 

 been popular 

 wHiTB WYANDOTTES. as tile "fami- 



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 



