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Show Chicken Of Tomorrow ' Chosen In Contest -a The "chicken of tomorrow," as just selected in a national contest is broad breasted, has big thighs and drumsticks, grows fast on little feed, and may come home to roost one of these days in your own barnyard, writes Vernon Vine. Officially, the chicken of tomorrow tomor-row is a red Cornish-New Hampshire Hamp-shire cross.' At least, that's the breeding of the' birds that won the 1948 national contest at George-toan, George-toan, Del. They were bred by the Vantress Hatchery of Marysville, Calif. But type, rather than breed, will characterize the chickens of tomorrow to-morrow on the market. Of the other seven prize winners in the contest, which was sponsored by the A & P Food stores, only one was a Cornish-New Hampshire cross. Four were straight New Hampshires, one was a Cornish-White Cornish-White Rock cross and one was aj straight White Rock. The ten heaviest hens all carried New Hampshire Ham-pshire blood. , For the Vantresses, and for the other prize winners, the contest practically means a pot of gold, breeders and broiler producers all over the country will be clamoring clamor-ing for their stock. |