PART SECOND. 



White Plymouth Rocks. 



ORIGIN AND HISTORY. 



■-■The mind cannot conceive of a more handsome and appropriate 

 companion for the Barred Plymouth Rock than the White Rock. 

 Often in our boyhood days, while reading the stories of Sindbad, 

 the Sailor, in the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments," we pictured to 

 ourselves the size, strength and power of flight of that formidable 

 and fortuitous bird, the White Roc, that was capable of lifting ele- 

 phants from the plains, that rescued so many travelers, heroes, cast- 

 aways and adventurers from the jaws of death, and carried them in 

 its huge talons over seas and mountains to other lands, where pleas- 

 ure, wealth and beauty awaited them. Little did we think then that 

 the day would come in our time when the great White Rock of the 

 western world would carry off thousands at a time, not in its talons, 

 but in admiration of its grandeur, beauty and usefulness. 



In the race of competition between the new breeds — White 

 Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandottes, White Javas, White Langshans, 

 White Dirigos, White Minorcas, Snowflakes, etc. — a fearful struggle 

 is being carried on for the mastery, as to which will be the " cock of 

 the walk." Of course, it is not by the breeds themselves, but by 

 their ardent originators, admirers and enthusiasts, who display great 

 ingenuity and generalship in bringing each variety in full force be- 

 fore the public, to both awe and impress the American Poultry 

 Association into terras of recognition and favor. 



The White Plymouth Rock is an offshoot from the Barred 

 Plymouth Rock, and originated in the hands of Mr. O. F. Frost, 

 of Maine, About nine' years ago, a neighbor of Mr. Frost was 

 breeding the Essex strain, and, to his surprise, some white " sports " 



