. Standard varieties of chickens . s placesthe picture before us. For the farmer or market poultryman these fowls are favorites,being of medium size, well proportioned, with a deep full breast,making a most admirable bird for market purposes. They are 51 7 hardy, mature early, and make excellent broilers when from 8to 12 weeks old. They are good layers the year round, and inwinter lay exceptionally well. Their eggs are brown in color andaverage 8 to a pound. They are good sitters and excellent mothers. The Barred Plymouth Bock, besides being a practical fowl, is alsoone of the most sought afte
. Standard varieties of chickens . s placesthe picture before us. For the farmer or market poultryman these fowls are favorites,being of medium size, well proportioned, with a deep full breast,making a most admirable bird for market purposes. They are 51 7 hardy, mature early, and make excellent broilers when from 8to 12 weeks old. They are good layers the year round, and inwinter lay exceptionally well. Their eggs are brown in color andaverage 8 to a pound. They are good sitters and excellent mothers. The Barred Plymouth Bock, besides being a practical fowl, is alsoone of the most sought after by fanciers. No class is better filledat the average poultry show of the country. The graceful figure,upright carriage, and active nature endear it to all as a fanciersfowl. It requires much skill to breed for color, and two matings aregenerally used. An established rule for mating for cockerels is touse a standard-color male with medium-dark females, and for pulletato use medium-light male and standard-color females. The double. Fig. 1.—Pair of Barred Plymouth Kocks. mating is resorted to by many, yet rare specimens have been producedfrom single matings. The characteristics of this breed are noticeable in the other varietiesof Plymouth Eocks, excepting that of color. The size, shape, generaloutlines, and qualities are the same in the other varieties as in theBarred. The White Plymouth Eock is pure white in plumagethroughout, and the Buff variety is a clear golden buff, uniform inshade. The buff should extend to the undercolor as much as pos-sible—the deeper the better. The standard weight of cocks is 9-J pounds; hens, 1\ pounds;cockerels, 8 pounds; pullets, 6£ pounds. 51 8 WYANDOTTES. The Wyandotte (fig. 2) is another of the general-purpose fowlsand is rated next to the Plymouth Kock. From the first it spranginto popular favor and has continued so to the present time. Itcame originally from the Dark Brahma, Silver-spangled Hamburg,and the Breda (a French fowl). Not a fe
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