Lamona— A New Breed of Poultry 



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ANOTHER PULLET OF 1916, BRED PRACTICALLY THE SAME AS THE ONE 



SHOWN IN FIG. 19 



There is considerable resemblance in type but none in color. This pullet is one of the most desirable 

 individuals which have been produced in the experiment. In body shape, size and color, she is close 

 to the ideal type. Her ear lobe is red. (Fig. 20.) 



42 had 5 toes on each foot; 13 had 4 

 on one foot and 5 on the other; 1 had 

 5 on one foot and 6 on the other; 1 

 had 6 toes on each foot. 



Leg color: 20 came white, showing the 

 strength of the Dorking blood in this 

 respect; 2 yellow; 4 white with a yel- 

 lowish cast; 1 yellow with a whitish 

 cast; 27 in all. 



Lohe color: 19 white; 3 nearly white; 

 1 one-half red and one-half white; 1 

 nearly red; 24 in all. It will be noted 

 that in this year, 1913, there was one 

 specimen having a nearly red ear lobe. 



1914. Plumage color: 68 white; 95 

 other colors. 



Number of toes: Of 188 chicks ob- 

 served, 137 had 4 toes on each foot; 39 

 had 5 toes on each foot; 12 had 4 toes 

 on one foot and 5 on the other. 



Leg color: 69 yellow; 81 white; the 

 balance having yellowish and yellowish 

 white, some greenish yellow, some 

 blackish yellow, some white with a few 

 black spots, one or two willow and two 

 black, out of a total of 103 birds 

 observed. 



Lohe color: 7 red; the remainder of 



