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from dark birds in order to produce dark males, and from light birds, 

 especially from a light male, iji order to produce females of standard 

 color. This prevents many small breeders, who lack the necessary 

 room, from handling this variety; but the market breeder, who cares 

 nothing for fancy points, finds in the Barred Rock a variety that suits 

 him from the ground up. 



The Buff, Columbian and Penciled varieties are all excellent, 

 but none of them has achieved the popularity of the others. 



The White Rocks, thanks to men like Pishel, Graves and Owen, 

 backed by their own intrinsic good qualities, have a world-wide popu- 

 larity. They are phenomenal layers, grow to a large size, and are 

 among the most popular of all market breeds. As egg producers 

 their remarkable freedom from broodiness places them among the 

 leaders. Our official tests showed that four exhibition White Rocks 

 laid 861 eggs in one year — an average of 215 each. And in three 

 years' tests, which included a large number of birds, no "broody" 

 was ever seen. The White Rocks breed white and stay white. Storm 

 or sunshine has no effect on their plumage. We have had birds of 

 this variety reach an age of four years and moult out to a snowy 

 whiteness. The beginner will make no mistake in taking up the 

 White Rocks. 



The latest edition of the Rock family and one that is apparently 

 destined to become the most popular of all, is the new beauty breed, 

 the Partridge Plymouth Rocks. As is usually the case, when anything 

 of especial merit is produced, there are several who claim to have 

 originated this wonderful variety. But careful investigation shows 

 that the honor clearly belongs to Samuel A. Noftzger, of North Man- 

 chester, Ind. His strain appears to be the only one containing no 

 Partridge Wyandotte blood. 



