34 PLTlIOtrTH KOCKS. 



Bide, the top covered with small points and ending in a epike; 

 ear-lobes, white of medium size; -wartles, red; neck cnrred; 

 hackle, large and flowing; body, round; breast, very full; plu- 

 mage close and glossy; legs rather short. The varieties are — 

 Black; White; Golden Pencilled; Silver Pencilled; Golden 

 Spangled; Silver Spangled. 



PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 



' "If there is a better breed for the &rmer, or f<>r those who 

 desire both eggs and chickens, we have tsUed to find it : although 

 many have been tried and 'found wanting.' " 



The great popularity that the Plymouth Rock fowl has attained 

 in so short a time, is without a parallel in the annals of gaUina- 

 cnlture, and no other breed is so highly esteemed in America 

 to-day. It has attained this popularity, too, entirely on its own 

 intrinsic merit, without the eclat of foreign origin, or the outlay 

 of large sums of money in "puffing." As table fotelf, they have 

 no equal in America; being exceedingly sweet, juicy, fine-grained, 

 tender, and delicate. As $prwig eMeken$, they are the very best 

 breed, for, added to the ezcellettce of their flesh, they feather 

 early, and mature with remarkable rapidity. As market fou^, 

 they are unsurpassed, being large (cocks weigh 9 to 11 pomids, 

 hens 7 to 9), and very plump bodies, with full breasts, clean, 

 bright yellow logs, and yellow skin; they always command the 

 highest price. As effff-prodmsers, they are only excelled by the 

 Leghorn class, and lay more eggs than any other breed that 



