PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 16,1 



presented by means of illustrations. Word pictures fail when it comes 

 to delineating chickens. Even in describing the shape of a bird, 

 the average fancier talks with his hands. Notliing tells the story of 

 a bird more completely, more truly, more forcibly, than a good 

 picture. Especially is this true of tlie detailed markings of the plum- 

 age, but in those varieties which have a red ground color on which 

 black is imposed, the camera fails its purpose, for both red and l)lack 

 print black in the negative and the beautiful contrast is lost. 



Any day some unknown breeder, perhaps with stock from some 

 other obscure source, inay coine into the limelight as a foremost 

 fancier of this fine variety. No one has a patent on the breeding 

 of fine poultry. 



