BREEDS OF CHICKEN.-^ 



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not introduced until 1880 and tlie P)uffs were recognized 

 in lS9o. The rartridne, Colunihian, Silver Pencilled and 

 P)lue varieties \\ere later additions. 



"Barred llocl-cs were introduced into Great Britain in 

 IS79 and speedily won a widespread popularity. P'or some 

 years at exliibitions, classes of (Barred) Bocks were by far 

 the largest. . . . But it was not only among exhibitors 

 that the breed secured favor. Its undoubted economic 

 qualities caused it to be spread very widely throughout 

 tlie kingdom, and mitil the advent of the Buff Orpington its 

 influence was more in evidence as a farmer's fowl than any 

 other."' 



Fig. 27 



Single Comb Rliotle Island Re.ls (Ann-riran). (Courtesy of Kansas 

 Experiment Station.) 



In America the Barred Plymouth Bock and its grades are 

 in evidence on more farms than any other breed. This is 

 particularly true in the central states. 



The original Wytindotte, the Sil\-er, \\as the result of an 

 attempt to secure an inijtroved ( 'ocliin Hantam by crossing 

 a Sebright I'antani with a < 'ocliin hen. After further 

 crossing, in which the Asiatic and Hamburg classes were 

 used, the Sih'cr Wyandottes were introduced in the late 

 seventies. "The <!oldens followed in the early eighties. 



1 Brown, Races of Domestic Poulli\ . 



