Lamona — A New Breed of Poultry 



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ONE OF THE MOST TYPICAL YET PRODUCED 

 A pullet of 1919. Her ear lobe contains both red and white. As stated in the beginning, it was 

 desired to secure characters of weight, flesh, yellow legs, single comb, white color, four-toed feet, and 

 a red ear lobe, and to eliminate the character of brown shelled eggs. With further attention to some 

 minor points, it is believed the desired type has become fixed. Compare this hen with the one 

 shown in the frontispiece. The two illustrations represent the type developed as the Lamona breed 

 of poultry. (Fig. 26.) 



The 208 pullets hatched in 1920 av- 

 eraged 4.28 pounds, all weights being 

 taken during the month of November. 

 Thirty-five cockerels weighed on the 

 average of 6.25 pounds. 



The following are the weights of 

 cross-bred cocks of different ages taken 

 about January 1, 1921 : 



Three birds hatched in 1918 weighed 

 6.1, 6.5 and 7.4 pounds respectively. 



Two birds hatched in 1919 weighed 

 6.9 and 7.4 pounds respectively. 



Two birds whose date of hatch is un- 

 known (they having lost their leg 



bands) weighed 5.8 and 8.1 pounds re- 

 spectively. 



The following are the average 

 weights of cross-bred hens of different 

 ages taken about January 1, 1921 : 

 1 hen, hatched 1916, weighed 6.3 lbs. 

 5 hens, hatched 1917, averaged 5.6 lbs. 

 16 " " 1918, " 5.38" 



33 " " 1919. " 5.87 " 



The weights of buff hens were as fol- 

 lows : 



4 hens, hatched 1916, averaged 4.95 lbs. 

 4 " " 1917, " 5.37 " 



3 " " 1918, " 5.5 " 



