. California poultry culture. Poultry. CALIFORNIA POULTRY CULTURE. WHITE ORPINGTONS. 137 The White Orpington is a variety that has recently come very much to the front. Their origin can be traced to'several quarters; Mr. Cook claims to have made the variety by crossing White Leghorn cocks to Black Hamburg pullets and the pullets from this cross mated to White Dorking cocks, but we venture to say thatmne-tenthsofthe White Orpington stock of today could be traced to the new vSussex fowl, which are known as. standard White Orpington Cock. Albions. For the development of this breed there is none d
. California poultry culture. Poultry. CALIFORNIA POULTRY CULTURE. WHITE ORPINGTONS. 137 The White Orpington is a variety that has recently come very much to the front. Their origin can be traced to'several quarters; Mr. Cook claims to have made the variety by crossing White Leghorn cocks to Black Hamburg pullets and the pullets from this cross mated to White Dorking cocks, but we venture to say thatmne-tenthsofthe White Orpington stock of today could be traced to the new vSussex fowl, which are known as. standard White Orpington Cock. Albions. For the development of this breed there is none de- serving of as much credit as Mr. Godfrey Shaw. This ^Gentle- man has worked hard and patiently in their behalf. The Alb on all white, white beak, white legs red face, ear lobes wattles and comb. The shape is the only thing ihat differs from the AVhite Orpington, which is Vather long^ much re-. 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 Burbridge, Mabelle A. (Mabelle Antoinette), b. 1872. [Los Angeles? Cal. ]
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