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POULTRY CULTURE 



only Plymouth Rocks of absolute purity of Plymouth Rock 

 blood." 



The foundation of the Partridge Plymouth Rock is the 

 Partridge Cochin and the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock and 

 is founded on the Dark Brahma. 



The Buff Plymouth Rocks are a conglomeration. The 

 first ancestors were bred by Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, 

 who crossed the Buff Cochin on the Light Brahma, and Mr. 



Fig. 10. — A pen of Silver Wyandottes. 



Aldrich who crossed the White Plymouth Rock on the Rhode 

 Island Reds. The progeny of the union of these different 

 strains constitute the ancestors of our present Buff Plymouth 

 Rocks. 



The standard requires the following weights of Plymouth 

 Rocks: Cocks, 9.5 pounds; cockerels, 8 pounds; hens, 7.5 

 pounds; pullets, 6 pounds. 



The Wyandottes. — -There are eight standard varieties of 

 this breed, as follows: Silver, White, Buff, Partridge, Silver 

 Penciled, Black, Golden, and Columbian. 



