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also the White Wyandotte and Rose-Combed Rhode Island Red. 



Both of these crosses gave birds of stronger color than the origi- 

 nal. The variety is still 1 in the 

 formative stage, nearly all breeders 

 still either crossing or working out 

 undesirable features introduced by 

 crossing. Though almost unno- 

 ticed for about ten years after its 



FIG. 419. Columbian Wyandotte 



hen. Sunny Brook Farm, West 



Orange, New Jersey 2 



FIG. 420. Columbian Wyandotte cockerel 

 Sunny Brook Farm 2 



introduction to the public, when 

 it began to attract attention its 

 popularity increased very rapidly. 

 It is now generally regarded as 

 likely to become one of the most 



FIG. 421. Columbian Wyandotte 



pullet, Sunny Brook Farm 2 popular varieties of its class. 



Rhode Island Reds. About the 



middle of the last century, by such mixtures of native, European, 

 and Asiatic stock as were then being made all over the eastern 



1911. 



2 Photograph by Graham. 



