BREEDING AND BREEDS 



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They lay particularly large white eggs in abundance 

 under good management, but these eggs are mainly 

 produced when prices are low. The breed is espe- 

 cially valuable for the home flock, largely because 

 of the size and high quality of the eggs. Like the 

 Leghorns the Minorcas are good foragers, but of a 

 reputed nervous disposition. This nervousness, 

 however, is due more to the poultryman than ta 

 anything else ; even the docile Cochin may be made 

 nervous by bad management. 



The Orpington has several varieties. It is an 

 English breed which has been introduced in 

 America only a short time, but during this period 

 has become very popular, mainly because of the 

 extensive advertising it has had. Among its prin- 

 cipal varieties are Bufif, Black and White. Some 

 of the varieties are sub-divided into Single and Rose 

 Comb. The Black and the Buff are most widely 

 popular in America. The breed is of large size and 

 compares with the Plymouth Rock, the Wyandotte 

 and the Rhode Island Red for the table. The hens 

 are good layers of rather large eggs, good sitters 

 and mothers. Wherever tried the breed has proved 

 acceptable. 



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