. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. POULTRY 343 an egg and flesh producer has gained a great reputation. In 1908 Madame Paderewski, wife of the famous pianist, paid Mr. Ernest Kellerstrass, of Kansas City, Missouri, $7,500 for five White Orpingtons. At the same time Mr. Keller- strass refused $2,500 for a prize hen of this breed. 5. The Polish class is composed of one breed of which there are several varieties. This class probably had its origin in Poland. It is an ornamental rather than useful class, although Polish hens are fair layers. The head of both the hen and cock has a larg
. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. POULTRY 343 an egg and flesh producer has gained a great reputation. In 1908 Madame Paderewski, wife of the famous pianist, paid Mr. Ernest Kellerstrass, of Kansas City, Missouri, $7,500 for five White Orpingtons. At the same time Mr. Keller- strass refused $2,500 for a prize hen of this breed. 5. The Polish class is composed of one breed of which there are several varieties. This class probably had its origin in Poland. It is an ornamental rather than useful class, although Polish hens are fair layers. The head of both the hen and cock has a large crest, or top-knot, of feathers, so large oftentimes as to hin- der the seeing of the bird. 6. The Hamburg breed, of which there are six varieties, represents the Dutch class in this coun- try. They are excellent layers and have become a popular breed. 7. The best-known of the French breeds is the Houdan. Besides the Hou- dan the Crevecoeurs, La Fleche, and Faverolles be- long to this class. All but the La Fleche are large. They are fair layers and good table fowls. The Houdans and Crevecoeurs have crests. 8 and 9. The various breeds included in the game class are fair layers and good table fowls. Those known as Pit Game. 86. PRIZE WINNING BROWN LEGHORN HEN. 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 Fisher, Martin L. [from old catalog]; Cotton, Fassett A. (Fassett Allen), 1862-1941, joint author. New York, C. Scribner's sons
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