Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1912 — PLYMOUTH ROCK IS POPULAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PLYMOUTH ROCK IS POPULAR

Blocky Shape Makes Them Excellent Breed for Broilers—Much Favored as Utility Fowl. The Barred Plymouth Rock is'without a doubt the most popular breed of chickens in this country—more of them are found on the farms than any other breed. On special poultry farms the Leghorn is a very popular breed, and in the poultry farming districts the Rhode Island Reds are almost exclusively used, says a writer in the Rural New Yorker. As a general utility fowl the Wyandottes

are second in popularity to the Rocks, the white variety being "the most popular. Their blocky shape makes them an excellent breed for broilers. Like the Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds, they lay a brown egg. The Leghorns lay a white egg, and In this respect they have a slight advantage, as most markets prefer the white egg, though there is no difference in the qualities of eggs with a brown or a white shell.

Prize Winning Rock.