Lamona— A New Breed of Poultry 



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WEIRD RESULTS IN COLOR AND CONFORMATION ARE NOW LESS FREQUENT 



A male with red ear lobe, hatched in 1918. The breeder does not have to mate animals which are 

 too far removed from his ideal type. Therefore he is obtaining a larger proportion of satisfactory off- 

 spring — making more hits and fewer misses. (Fig. 24.) 



Lohe color: 150 out of 433 came with 

 red ear lobes and of those females hav- 

 ing red ear lobes we secured 13 that laid 

 white-shelled eggs. 



1920. This year showed a notable in- 

 crease in the females having red ear 

 lobes that laid white-shelled eggs, there 

 being 45 in all. 



Out of 684 cross-bred chicks hatched 

 in 1920 on which observations were 



taken as to the number of toes, 664 had 

 four toes, 16 had five toes, two had four 

 toes on one foot and five on the other 

 foot, and two had five toes on one foot 

 and six on the other. 



Out of 464 cross-bred chicks hatched 

 in 1920, 155 had red lobes, 64 had 

 nearly red lobes, 64 had three-fourths 

 red lobes, 80 had one-half red lobes, 28 

 had one-quarter red lobes, 51 had nearly 

 white lobes and 23 had white lobes. 



