THE GENERAL PURPOSE BREEDS 



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belong many of our most common breeds. The following 

 are a few: 



(a) The Plymouth Mocks lead all others in the United 

 States in numbers and popularity. They are quiet, easily 

 controlled, good and reliable layers, and furnish meat of 

 excellent quality, making good broilers at from eight to 

 twelve weeks of age. 



(6) The Wyandottes are shorter in body than the Rocks, 

 and run about a pound lighter in weight. Their flesh is 

 sweet and tender. A 

 Wyandotte hen should 

 average about 14 dozen 

 eggs a year. 



(c) The Rhode Island 

 Reds are beginning to 

 take high rank in poul- 

 try production. They 

 weigh a trifle less than 

 the Rocks, and are con- 

 siderably longer and 

 less compact than the 

 Wyandottes. As 



agers they equal 

 Leghorns, and do 

 mischief. They 

 brown eggs, and 



for- 

 the 



less 

 lay 

 are 



BUFF-ORPINGTON. 



good sitters and mothers. 



(c?) The Orpingtons are another general purpose breed 

 that for a while were in great demand but are now some- 

 what neglected because of the prejudice in America 

 against white-skinned poultry. They have round, deep 

 bodies, broad backs, full breasts, short legs, white beaks, 

 legs, and toes, and weigh nearly a pound more than 

 the Rocks. 



