BREEDS AND BREEDING 



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Plymouth Rocks are now bred in several varieties 

 — the Barred (Figures 35 and 36), both single and pea 

 comb, Buff, White, (Figure ^y), Partridge and the 

 Silver Penciled. The Barred Plymouth Rock is almost 



FIG. ^y WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK HEN, SCORED 



too well known to need description. It is the most 

 popular fowl in America and is found in larger num- 

 bers and on more farms than any other breed, where it 

 has held its own way by merit alone. It is of large 

 size, standard weights being, cock, nine and one-half 



