THE BREEDS 75 



"Barred Rocks were introduced into Great Britain in 

 1879 and speedily won a widespread popularity. For some 

 years at exhibitions, classes of (Barred) Rocks were by far 

 the largest. . . . But it was not only among exhibitors 

 that the breed secured favor. Its undoubted economic 

 qualities caused it to be spread very widely throughout 

 the kingdom, and until the advent of the Buff Orpington its 

 influence was more in evidence as a farmer's fowl than any 

 other."! 



Fig. 25 



Single Comb Rhode Island Reds (American) . (Courtesy of Kansas 

 Experiment Station.) 



In America the Barred Plymouth Rock and its grades are 

 in evidence on more farms than any other breed, and one 

 might be almost safe in saying than all other breeds com- 

 bined. This is particularly true in the heavy-producing 

 central states. 



The original Wyandotte, which was the Silver, was the 

 result of an attempt to secure an improved Cochin Bantam 

 by crossing a Sebright Bantam with a Cochin hen. After 

 further crossing, in which the Asiatic and Hamburg classes 

 were used, the Silver Wyandottes were introduced in the, 

 late seventies. " The Goldens followed in the early eighties. 



' Brown, Races of Domestic Poultry. 



