PROFITABLE EGG FARMING. 
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White Plymouth Rocks. 
white chick, and to Mr. 0. F. Frost, of Maine, 
is given the credit of first “mating” a male and 
female of these white sports, and by careful se¬ 
lection of the whitest of their offspring for breed¬ 
ing the pure white color became fixed and they 
now breed true. “Like their excellent progen¬ 
itors, the White Rocks are plump, compact, full 
breasted and bodied fowls, hardy and vigorous, 
great layers and excellent flesh formers, hand¬ 
some in looks and carriage, showing well on the 
lawn or in the exhibition coop. The name itself 
will be a passport to popular favor, for whoever 
has heard of the noted Barred Plymouth Rocks 
will take it for granted that their offspring must 
be a ‘chip of the old block,’ and they will be 
found worthy of a place in the front ranks, where 
beauty and utility go hand in hand.” 
It is the combining of beauty and utility that 
most strongly recommends a breed or variety to 
popular favor, and in the White Rocks the two 
qualities are combined to a remarkable 
degree. On the beauty side their fine, stately 
carriage, clear white color, bright red combs and 
wattles, with rich yellow beak 
and legs, make them of most 
attractive appearance; while on 
the utility side their great lay¬ 
ing ability combined with good 
size of body and fine quality of 
flesh, make them equal to the 
best. In view of this strong com¬ 
bination of undoubted merits, it 
is not at all strange they are a 
very popular variety. 
The Buff Plymouth Rocks. 
The Buff Plymouth Rocks, 
like the senior variety, the 
Barred, is a made variety, and it 
is not improbable that there are 
some strains of the variety that 
are of entirely different origin 
from others. The earlier strains 
of Buff Rocks were undoubtedly 
made by mating Single Comb 
Rhode Island Reds with White 
Rocks, and breeding back and 
forth within those matings until 
the desired size, color and shape 
became (comparatively) fixed. 
In spite of the fact that the 
origin of Buff Rocks is so well 
known we have recently seen it 
stated that there was no Rhode 
Island Red blood in them, that they origi¬ 
nated in a cross of Buff Leghorn male on 
Buff Cochin females, and the tendency to feath¬ 
ered legs bred out of them; it is probable that 
some strains of Buff Rocks were thus originated, 
but the Rhode Island Red paternity is well 
known, and the great laying ability combined 
with vigor inherited from the Reds, has made a 
variety that makes a strong claim to popular 
favor, based upon both the utility and beauty 
qualities. Dr. 0. P. Bennett, in the Reliable 
Poultry Journal, says: “As egg producers I 
found them superior to the larger breeds, and 
with proper care they will equal the smaller and 
non-sitting breeds—they lay their eggs in the 
winter when eggs are most valuable, and they 
keep at it, too. Buff Plymouth Rocks are ex¬ 
tremely hardy, are good foragers, and in size 
many of them equal Asiatics. They grow rapidly, 
mature early and are ready for market at any 
time, retaining their plumpness during their 
growth. When dressed they present a very neat 
appearance, having a nice yellow skin, legs and 
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