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Show I OREGON IS NEW GENERAL PURPOSE FOWL : ; y.'.ss. '. : ry .yyr'y"iyyv"'r"y -v 'v:ww BARRED ROCK COCKEREL AND WHITE LEGHORN HEN. A new breed of poultry has come out from the west and demands the attention of practical poultry keepers. keep-ers. The Oregons being the name o'f the new breed, it is hardly necessary to say that It had its origin in the state of Oregon. The crossing of White Leghorns and Barred Plymouth Rocks produced the original Oregons, which have been bred up to the present pres-ent type by introducing much more Leghorn blood. Prof. James Dryden of the Oregon Agricultural college, where the work was done, says that egg production was the first consideration in the making of the new breed, but that another purpose was to develop an all-round type of bird that would meet the market demands. The Oregon Is medium in weight between be-tween the Leghorn and Plymouth Rock, making it a good general pur pose fowl. At the same time, its laying lay-ing qualities are very high. Several hens of the new breed have records of over 300 eggs in a year. Thin tendency ten-dency to heavy egg production is not simply the result of crossing two established es-tablished breeds, however, but results from the selection of heavy layers as breeding stock, trap nests having been used as a basis. In color the Oregons are white and they are rather close feathered, like the Leghorns, with medium-sized combs, yellow legs and a yellow skin. They lay a white egg. Yellow-skinned birds that will weigh four or five pounds and that are heavy producers of white eggs should meet the requirements require-ments of a great many poultry keepers, keep-ers, both amateurs and 'professionals. It Is likely that much more will be heard about the Oregon in years to come. |