The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-11
White Plymouth Rocks.

Much praise is due American fanciers for
their genius and skill in identifying our
domestic fowls, and much more is due them
LOT originating a class of useful and comely
blrds which stand out in bold relief as an
American production worthy of the conf
nence of farmers. fanciers and cottegers.
Tor their all-round good qualities, says I. .
W., IN Country Gentleman. This good
sense and interest in the welfare of orr
poultry stock is the more pleasing, as it carr
ries greater value to the industry by each
breed having individual merits Of a high
ORDER TO please both breeder AID consumer.
The White Plymouth Rock is a "sporL"
from the barred breed. 1t is not certain
That 1t Is an independent variation or q rever-
sion to white ancestor quite forgotten.
New breeds produced from crosses, partic-
Ularly crosses of composite elements, may
produce chickens of the color. or some
special feature resembling an ancestor,
away back many years. The reversion
may embody two or more distinct features
OF Two or more ancestors at the same time,
as nave been shown in the early Silver
Wyand0ttes. The phenomenon of ataviRm
is little understood among stock breeders.
though any popularity of an ancestor, more
or less remote, whether of form, color,
habits, predispOsition to disease or mutual
traits, may make its appearance in the off
sprlng without having been observed in the
parents. Whether the Barred Plymouth
Rock retained the latent units or elements
OF ancestral character, up to the time of the
appearance of white sports in Mr..
Frost's flock, we are not prepared to
say. However, it was fortunate variation
and grand acquisition to the Plymouth
Rock family, and one of the best in the
American class of breeds.
The White Plymouth Rock ia a comedy
and attractive fowl. The addition of bright
yellow legs and beak to tbs white plumage
make up clean-cut appearance. The form
and features OF white fowl seem better de-
fined than they would be on one Of other
color or colors. Its size, compactness of
body, that happy medium" between the
coarse Asiatic and the spare non-setting
BIRDS so much desired by housekeepers for
table use, and the well-proportioned limbs,
comb, head and neck, combine in giving a
favorable impression Of physical beauty.
The White Plymouth Rock has enlisted
many amateurs into its ranks of ardent ad-
mirers. The barred breed presented so
many obstacles to the novice, aud veteran
breeder, too, in the way of breeding
matching in the show-pen, uncertainty of
evenness of color in the sexes, and the de-
slrable fancy shade OF blue, that 1t was a
T61teL 10 LuOSe WHO nHu SeL CuelT 6l8CtiCIS
on Plymouth Rocks aud to those contem-
plating their breeding, to have "chip of
the same block" robed in white, possessing
all the characteristics Of the barred breed
one that would dress in a more presentable
condition, and that would be much easier to
mate, exhibit ard sell in a satisfactory
way.
The White is equal to the Barred Ply
mouth Rock in every point of usefulness,
IN i - 4
relation is in its plumage. For Market
either as broilers or roGSters, it IS to be pre-
ferred, as pin feathers Of a white plumaQe
do not show SO readily in the flesh. On the
lawn or village garden a flock Of White
Plymouth Rocks is n pretty picture. Their
plump and nicely developed forms. clean,
yellow beaks and legs. bright eyes, rich, red
combs and ~attles, and healthy glow of face,
form pleasing contrast to their pure white
DlumaQe.