we want to consider all the points essential to the make- 

 up of any general purpose fowl, and we know that the 

 Orpingtons will land in the front ranks. We claim early- 

 maturity, egg production, hardy constitution and table 

 qualities second to none. Under early maturity we have 

 with proper care and feed produced pullets laying at four 

 and one-half months of age, but allowing five months as 

 the average will compare favorably with any breed, and 

 as to the production we refer to the many tests by ex- 

 eprimental stations, who are disinterested parties, and 

 which is the only fair test, and we always find the Orping- 

 tons leading or in the very first ranks. 



We farm out a good many birds and we hear the 



same story from nearly every one: how much better the 

 Orpingtons lay than our own birds. While this pleases us- 

 still we know that our competitors in other breeds wilt 

 say that anyone can get that kind of a testimonial. Any- 

 way, it pleases us. 



We do not feed for winter layers, breeding for fancy, 

 as we would if for common market purposes, as we are 

 every year over-sold on our egg orders for early chicks;, 

 so we commence to feed for our egg sales in February; 

 still we have more than we can use in the early winter 

 months, just feeding some of the coarse feeds, not intended 

 for feed layers. 



In table qualities the Dorking blood used in the make- 



