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Show PLYMOUTH ROCKS ARE HARDY Cross Between Black Java and American Ameri-can Dominique With Probably Other Asiatic Blood. Plymouth Hock, nil tiling considered, consid-ered, are perhaps the most popular variety va-riety bred In this country at tho present pres-ent time. The barred, which Is most raised, Is commonly given as a cross between the Hla( k Java and the American Amer-ican Dominique. Hcsldes the Java other AhIuUc blood bas probably been m Barred Plymouth Rock. ' ued In making the breed. The Plymouth Ply-mouth Kock Is more like the Asiatic than the Kuropean chicken. The greatest recommendation for . the Plymouth Rock Is the excellent growth made by the young chickens. In this quality they have no superior. The Plymouth Rock pullets are good layers, but as yearling hen are prone to turn the feed Into fat rather than KKS. One objection to the barred variety Is the dllllculty In keeping the breed true to the standard type. The pure bred are required to have even and distinct bars of the same shade In male and female. These are difficult point to maintain and resort 1 often made to double mating or the keeping keep-ing of two breeding pens, one to produce pro-duce cockerel and the other pullet. White and buff Plymouth Rock are later product than the barred variety. Much of w hat ha been said will apply to these also. The white variety I free from the color objection of the barred type, but the objection to the fattening tendency applies to hens of this variety perhaps more forcibly , than to the barred, Huff Plymouth ""1 l!' -will avel Vmallet rhan tha' other varieties of tjie breed. Although a solid color bird, they, like all buff breeds except the buff cochin, will be found diRlcult to breed of one color, owing to the tendency to possess black or white In the wings and tall. |