. Burpee's farm annual, 1892. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. BRQWN LEGHORNS. ingly careful in their mating. Single cock. $ to $ hatching, $ per 6 ; $ per 13 ; $ for 30. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. There is one noteworthy fact in connection with the '' Barred Eocks,'' and that is, there are more of them kept by farmers than of all other varieties combined, and the only reason we can give for this is that they are a practical bird all through. We mean by this that they are good layers, good foragers, good ma
. Burpee's farm annual, 1892. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. BRQWN LEGHORNS. ingly careful in their mating. Single cock. $ to $ hatching, $ per 6 ; $ per 13 ; $ for 30. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. There is one noteworthy fact in connection with the '' Barred Eocks,'' and that is, there are more of them kept by farmers than of all other varieties combined, and the only reason we can give for this is that they are a practical bird all through. We mean by this that they are good layers, good foragers, good marketable size, neither too large nor too small, good color, good mothers, and last, but not least, good eating, the flesh being tender, sweet, and juicy. We have eaten fowls two years old which have been almost as tender as young pullets. Beside size and weight, they have the additional quality of gaining flesh rapidly, making good broilers at twelve to four- teen weeks. In general make-up The Plymouth Rock is a fine-looking fowl ; it is large in comparison with the European breeds. The prevailing color may be described as grayish white barred with bluish black, each feather barred to the skin, and giving the efiect of a bluish tinge to the plumage. Our stock has been made up of the best strains in the country, and has, by the most judicious breeding, been so improved that the eggs now hatch chickens remarkable for their uniformity and regularity of coloring, together w^ith fine form. Price: Single cock or cockerel, $; pair, mated for breeding, $; trio, cock and two hens, $ Eggs for hatching, $ for 6 ; $ per clutch of 13 ; $ for 30 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. We cannot do better than publish the description as given by the originator of this breed : —It will be seen by comparison with the regular Plymouth Rocks that they have the same shape, style, and general appearance except in color. They have demonstrateid that they now have reached a point whe
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