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notably the Barred variety, are the most widely bred fowls in 

 America. They are business birds from the ground up ; intensely 

 practical and utilitarian, at the same time they possess enough 

 caste and beauty to satisfy the most fastidious fancier. In any 

 climate, north, south, east or west, and in any locality or under 

 any circumstances that will permit other fowls to live, there also 

 will the Plymouth Rocks thrive and be of profit to their keeper. 



Fig. 30. — Barred Plymouth Rock. 



There are six varieties of Rocks, differing only in the color of 

 their plumage: Barred, White, Buff, Silver- Penciled, Partridge 

 and Columbian. See Figs. 8, 30, 31. Popular fancy delights in 

 the sentiment that the Plymouth Rock was named after the land- 

 ing place of the Pilgrim Fathers. This fancy exemplifies the en- 

 during qualities of the breed; but it must not be construed as 

 establishing their age. The name was first given to a nondescript 



