A GUIDE FOR KEEPERS OF POULTRY 17 
Buff Plymouth Rocks were first exhibited at Worces- 
ter, Mass., at a poultry show by the late Rollin G. Buf- 
fington, who told the writer that he got his first stock 
in the Little Compton district of Rhode Island from the 
same stock that has since been named Rhode Island Reds. 
Partridge Plymouth Rocks followed the Buffs, coming 
about ten years later. They were doubtless produced by 
crossing Buff Plymouth Rocks and Partridge Cochins, or 
were selected from Partridge \WWyandottes on account of 
their single combs and named after the popular Plymouth 
Rocks to attract more favorable attention to them. They 
are not very widely bred. 
Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks have probably very 
little real Plymouth Rock blood in them. At least one 
very good strain of them was originated by Mr. \Wittman 
of Pennsylvania, who used Dark Brahma and Silver Gray 
Dorkings in making his strain. These were admitted to 
the Standard in 1907. 
The latest variety to be named after the Plymouth 
Rock is the Columbian Plymouth Rock. This variety is 
probably a selection of Single Comb Columbian \Wyan- 
dottes, selected and bred to Plymouth Rock shape. A 
few men are breeding a variety which they call Golden 
Barred or Buff Barred Plymouth Rocks®™Bhis has never 
been offered for recognition. It is largely of pure Plym- 
outh Rock blood, the bars being white and a golden buff, 
making a very attractive combination. 
Wyandottes.—No other breed has been the subject of 
so much controversy as the \Vyandottes. Apparently 
they appeared in two different places at almost the same 
time. That they were deliberately built up is bevond be- 
lief and there is no evidence that such is the case. It is 
probable that the foundation blood was Dark Brahma and 
