24 Barred and White Plymouth Rocks. 



almost white shown on white paper, the bars across being very dark 

 blue; back flat at shoulder, not long in appearance, color being blu- 

 ish gray, barred with the darkest shade known to blue, the back hav- 

 ing a nice concave sweep as it turns in a sharper sweep to tail; from 

 hackle to tail, back lower at saddle than at hackle; tail carried well 

 up, but not reaching the perpendicular position of the sickles; tail 

 medium size, sickles reaching some three inches beyond the tail 

 proper; saddle shading lighter than back to a tail that is still lighter 

 in its shadings of bluish gray, marbled with a darker shade of blue; 

 a breast full, broad and round — not a Pouter pigeon exhibition, but 

 a well-turned one, matching well on to a round-sided body; breast 

 and body being better expressed by a light steel-gray undercolor, 

 barred with a deep blue, the bars reaching over the thighs; the 

 hock being clearly defined in profile; the smoky bars visible even in 

 the bluish-gray fluff; legs yellow, fair length. Such a male, bred to 

 pullets that are of standard form and symmetry, but having this 

 light steel-gray ground color of plumage evenly barred with a deeper 

 blue throughout, will forever put to shame the breeders who tell us 

 that no one can breed Plymouth Rocks unless they breed two pens. 

 Let it be whatever mating one may call it, it is all the mating he 

 who has but one pen can afford to have if he is to be a first-class 

 breeder." 



