"PLYMOUTH ROCK" COCK AND HEN. 



THE FABMEE'S fowl. 



The above illustration accurately represents this now favorite 

 variety of poultry, which is not a large breed, comparatively, 

 but which has proved a very useful one to farmers and poul- 

 terers, who have given them a fair steady trial, for two or three 

 years. They are good layers, a very good talDle fowl, not un- 

 like the old style Dominique (from which they come, through a 

 cross with the Black Java) and have become quite desirable, 

 as a moderate priced and acceptable sort, for ordinary uses. 



Mr. Felch, in speaking of the' " Plymouth Rocks " said pub- 

 licly, not long since, that " there has long been felt the need 

 of a breed of fowls which should fill the middle ground be- 

 tween the small breeds and Asiatics. This place is admirably 

 supplied by the Plymouth Rooks. And anxious that it may re- 

 main so, T would caution the breeder not to breed them to 



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