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not devote special attention to them. As a matter of fact, the 

 Whites, Blacks and Buffs are the only varieties bred in large 

 numbers in this country, and the Whites are the most popular of 

 these. 



Orpingtons. — ^This remarkable family of fowls, and I qualify 

 them as such because of the perfection and enormous popularity 

 that they received in such a brief space of time, were originated 



Fig- 37- — Single-Comb Black Orpingtons. 



by one man, William Cook, of Orpington, England, whence they 

 take their name. 



Mr. Cook had a definite object in producing these birds. He 

 found that most of the old varieties of English poultry were inbred 

 too closely for egg production, and that no one breed combined 

 laying and table qualities to any marked degree. Then, too, he 

 noted the success of the Plymouth Rocks in America, which were 

 then coming to the fore, and he was determined to produce a like 



