Lamona — A New Breed of Poultry 



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A PULLET OF 1917 



The tinting of the breast is buff, and that color is found in the hens of this strain of which the 

 males have red backs (See Fig. 16). Note the body of this hen, and the four toes. Note also the 

 white ear lobe. (Fig. 22.) 



Lohe color: 47 red; 39 nearly red; 10 

 white. Of 160 birds observed 47 this 

 year, 1916, had soHd red ear lobes. I 

 wish also to mention that the year 1916 

 gave the first specimens (2 in number) 

 having soHd red ear lobes that laid 

 white-shelled eggs. 



1917. The year 1917 showed that splen- 

 did progress was being made in the 

 right direction. 



Plumage color: 208 chicks came 

 white; 311 other colors; out of a total 

 of 519. 



Number of toes: 712 had 4 toes on 

 each foot; 68 had 5 on each foot; 1 

 had 6 on each foot ; 20 had 4 on one foot 

 and 5 on the other; 4 had 5 on one foot 

 and 6 on the other; out of a total of 

 805 which were observed for this char- 

 acter. These figures show most con- 

 clusively that we were well away from 

 the five-toed characteristic of the 

 Dorking. 



Leg color: Out of 520 observed 392 

 came yellow. As will readily be seen 

 we were having very little trouble in 

 getting specimens having yellow legs. 



