. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. 62 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING 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. Fi
. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. 62 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING 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. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885-. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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