Lamona— A New Breed (3|- Poultry 



THE WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK WAS ONE OF THE SOURCES OF THE NEW BREED 



This photograph shows a male bird which is typical of the original bird used in the first mating 

 of White Plymouth Rock— Silver Gray Dorking in 1912. The White Plymouth Rock gave charac- 

 ters of weight, flesh, yellow legs, single comb, color and four toed feet which were desired and also 

 the red ear lobe which was wanted in order to readily distinguish the new breed from heavier types 

 of White Leghorn. But it also gives a brown-shelled egg which character was to be eliminated. 

 (Fig. 2.) 



2nd Year: The offspring of these 

 crosses will be mated separately, the 

 females trap nested, and only the high 

 producers of the largest and whitest 

 shelled eggs used for breeders. Only 

 male birds from high-producing females 

 will be used. 



3rd Year: The mating of the results 

 of the crosses of the 2nd year to be 

 brought about by using the same meth- 

 ods of selection, and, in addition, care 

 taken to secure white specimens with 

 yellow skins having only four toes. 



A Rose Comb White Leghorn male 



