Lamona— A New Breed of Poultry 



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COCKEREL OF 1915— A REPORT OF PROGRESS 



The first appearance of red color on shoulders, back and saddle, a character which some have claimed 

 will make this breed of chickens famous, regardless of their undoubted merit as food producers. It has 

 great advertising value, and attracts immediate attention. (Fig. 16.) 



maturity it will redden up to a marked 

 degree. 



During the early years of the breed- 

 ing the occurrence of five toes was com- 

 mon. With succeeding generations, 

 however, the proportion of five-toed 

 birds gradually decreased although it 

 was necessary at times to use birds with 

 five toes in the breeding pens in order to 

 get the benefit of some exceptionally 

 good quality which they possessed such 

 as body type or white color. As will be 

 seen from the subjoined table the oc- 

 currence of five toes at the present time 

 is decidedly infrequent and this char- 



acter may be said to be quite thoroughly 

 fixed. 



As with the occurrence of the five 

 toes, so with respect to white legs. 

 These occurred frequently during the 

 early part of the experiment. As the 

 breeding progressed, however, the pro- 

 portion of white legs became less and 

 less until at the present time white legs 

 are almost as scarce as the proverbial 

 "hens' teeth." In this connection it 

 should be stated that any attempt to 

 make observations on the color of legs 

 of the newly hatched chicks is inaccu- 

 rate. Not infrequently baby chicks 



