. Standard-bred Orpingtons, black, buff and white, their practical qualities; the standard requirements; how to judge them; how to mate and breed for best results, with a chapter on new non-standard varieties. Orpington chicken. 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 all
. Standard-bred Orpingtons, black, buff and white, their practical qualities; the standard requirements; how to judge them; how to mate and breed for best results, with a chapter on new non-standard varieties. Orpington chicken. 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-. 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 Drevenstedt, John Henry, 1857- ed; Reliable poultry journal publishing company; American poultry publishing company. Quincy, Ill. , Reliable poultry journal publishing company; Buffalo, N. Y. ,
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