Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . Fig. 9.—White Plymouth Rock cook. 48 POULTRY CULTURE only Plymouth Rocks of absolute purity of Plymouth Rockblood. The foundation of the Partridge Plymouth Rock is thePartridge Cochin and the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock andis founded on the Dark Brahma. The Buff Plymouth Rocks are a conglomeration. Thefirst ancestors were bred by Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts,who crossed the Buff Cochin on the Light Brahma, and Mr.. Fig. 10.—A pen of Silver Wyandottes. Aldrich who crossed the White Plymouth Rock on the RhodeIsland Reds. The progeny of the union of thes
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Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . Fig. 9.—White Plymouth Rock cook. 48 POULTRY CULTURE only Plymouth Rocks of absolute purity of Plymouth Rockblood. The foundation of the Partridge Plymouth Rock is thePartridge Cochin and the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock andis founded on the Dark Brahma. The Buff Plymouth Rocks are a conglomeration. Thefirst ancestors were bred by Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, who crossed the Buff Cochin on the Light Brahma, and Mr.. Fig. 10.—A pen of Silver Wyandottes. Aldrich who crossed the White Plymouth Rock on the RhodeIsland Reds. The progeny of the union of these differentstrains constitute the ancestors of our present Buff PlymouthRocks. The standard requires the following weights of PlymouthRocks: Cocks, 9.5 pounds; cockerels, 8 pounds; hens, 7.5pounds; pullets, 6 pounds. The Wyandottes.—-There are eight standard varieties ofthis breed, as follows: Silver, White, Buff, Partridge, SilverPenciled, Black, Golden, and Columbian. THE BREEDS OF POULTRY 49 The Silver Wyandotte is an American product, and is sup-posed to have originated from a cross of a Light Brahma on aSilver Hamburg, though the exact cross making up the ances-tors of this very useful breed is wrapped in obscurity. TheSilver Wyandotte was the first variety perfected and the firstto be admitted to the standard. They are quiet, lovable, excellent layers, good sitters andmothere. They make an excellent table fowl, as the chicks