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forebear of the true Plymouth EocK. The breed 

 probably originated in 1870 as the resultant of 

 any one of six different crosses, all of which 

 produced the same type of bird. The basic stock 

 was the Dominique, the name applied to a fowl 

 of common lineage and blue, gray, and white mot- 

 tled appearance. Upon this bird the following 

 crosses were made: (1) Spanish crossed with 

 white cochin, the result bred to the Dominique; 

 (2) Dominique mated with a buff cochin; (3) 

 white Birmingham on black Java, the produce 

 coming white, black, and Dominique — ^Dominiques 

 alone bred together; (4) any of the above crossed 

 with the Dominique ; (5) black Java on Dominique ; 

 (6) some of the above crossed with the brahma. 



Second only to the Plymouth Rock in impor- 

 tance as an American breed is the wyandotte. 

 This also originated in 1870, coming from a cross 

 between the Hamburg and the light brahma. The 

 breeds used in making the Rhode Island red — the 

 third most important American-bred fowl— were 

 the red Java, the chittagong, the red Malay, and 

 the cochin-china. This fowl was the result of 

 long years of selection for a bird which would 

 include the three factors that stand nearest the 

 poultryman's heart: eggs, broilers and roasters. 



Although a considerable number of strains of 

 Orpingtons are the product of American breeders, 

 the original Orpington was developed in England. 

 The Leghorn arrived from Italy, being probably 



