Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1915 — LADY PURDUE LAYS 251 EGGS [ARTICLE]

LADY PURDUE LAYS 251 EGGS

Single Comb White Leghorn Pullet Also Has Productive Offspring.

Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 17. —A Single Comb White Leghorn pullet, No. 3013, better known as Lady Purdue on the poultry farm at Purdue university here, laid 251 eggs in her first laying year, which ended Dec. 1. Lady Purdue, however, is not a record breaker as far as her own egg production is concerned. It is her breeding and the production of her offspring that has attracted attention. Lady Purdue is the offspring of a 200-egg hen and a male, No. 1661, who is out of the famous Miss Purdue. Miss Purdue laid 229 and 214 eggs in two years. Lady Purdue has one-fourth of the blood of Miss Purdue. Last spring she was mated back to her sire, half of whose blood came from Miss Purdue. Seven chicks were th^- result of this mating. Five began laving in October and by Dec. 13 of this year ha<j averaged 38 eggs a pullet. One began laying after Nov. 1, and by Dec. 13 had layed 27 eggs. They are all one-half blood from Lady Purdue, and three-eights blood from Miss Purdue.