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variety of Wyandotte hens; or Wyandotte males on Indian 
Game heng or Light Brahma hens. Jt was found that 
Indian Games and their crosses were harder to pluck and 
more difficult to caponize than any other of the crosses. 
Various crosses were tried the following year at the 
Rhode Island station, but none were found equal to 
those already mentioned. Aseels were crossed with 
White Wyandottes 
and PeaComb Plym- 
outh Rocks; Indian 4% 
Game with Lang- f 
shuns; Houdan with YY 
Langshans and In- 
dian Games; White. 
Game with White 
Brahmas and White 
Plymouth Rocks, and 
White Indian Game 
with Pea Comb Plym- Wey 
outh Rocks. Neither ==2Zz 
Game, White Game 
nor Aseel was found 
to be as satisfactory 
for the production of 
FIG. 101. ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORN 
table poultry as the COCKEREL. 
dark Indian Game. Aseels were found to be unsuited 
for use in the practical production of table poultry. 
In crosses made for eggs mainly, suitable combinations 
of the smaller breeds will give the best results. White 
Leghorn on White Wyandotte are excellent layers, and 
pullets can be selected which lay a fairly dark colored 
egg. Crosses of such similar breeds, as White and 
Brown Leghorn, give splendid vigor. White Leghorn 
on Light Brahma, and the progeny bred back to the 
Leghorns, has been a popular cross for eggs. 
