. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 403. Fig. 400. Buff Plymouth Rock hen (Photograph from owner, J. A. Ashhne, Fitchburg, Massachusetts) difference ever actually existed, it has long since disappeared. The color needs no special description. Bttjf Plymouth Rocks. As first shown. Buff Plymouth Rocks were Rhode Island Reds of light shade and with single combs, selected from farm flocks in the district where the Rhode Island Red had become the common fowl. This was in 1890, when Buff Leghorns were being intro- duced to Americans and the &
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 403. Fig. 400. Buff Plymouth Rock hen (Photograph from owner, J. A. Ashhne, Fitchburg, Massachusetts) difference ever actually existed, it has long since disappeared. The color needs no special description. Bttjf Plymouth Rocks. As first shown. Buff Plymouth Rocks were Rhode Island Reds of light shade and with single combs, selected from farm flocks in the district where the Rhode Island Red had become the common fowl. This was in 1890, when Buff Leghorns were being intro- duced to Americans and the "craze" for buff color was beginning. This Rhode Island Red stock was the foundation for some of the early strains of Buff Rocks, but seems to have had much less influence on the variety as a whole than the crosses of Asiatic and Mediter- ranean races which were made to produce it directly. The Buff Cochin with White Plymouth Rock or Buff Leghorn gave the best results. White Leghorn and Buff Co- chin were also used. To some extent the Bucks County Fowl and the single-combed specimens of the Buff Wyandotte entered in- to the making of the y\g. 401. Buff Plymouth Rock cock. (Photograph race. Like the other by Graham). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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