Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . severe for them; yet theyseem to do well, if we judge by the grand display of ourpoultry exhibitions. They require great care duringchickenhood; cold rains, damp houses and runs, and closeconfinement are positive seeds of mortality. They love toroam over the ample grounds of the breeders home-stead, where they can bask in sunshine and display theirunique and ornamental facial markings. WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS. The Leghorns have been widely known in this coun-try for the last twenty years. They have been growin
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . severe for them; yet theyseem to do well, if we judge by the grand display of ourpoultry exhibitions. They require great care duringchickenhood; cold rains, damp houses and runs, and closeconfinement are positive seeds of mortality. They love toroam over the ample grounds of the breeders home-stead, where they can bask in sunshine and display theirunique and ornamental facial markings. WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS. The Leghorns have been widely known in this coun-try for the last twenty years. They have been growingin public favor every year, until they now stand in thefirst rank of pure-bred poultry. They did not spring upin a few years to their present standing and popularity,but with steady strides have gained hosts of admirersamong both veteran and amateur fowl-breeders for theirremarkable precocity and productiveness. Without doubt, we have no variety of domestic fowlsamong the improved breeds at present cultivated in thiscountry that will during the year produce a larger num- ^J. $.. mi) EUROPEAN BREEDS. 159 ber of eggs on the average than the Leghorn. The lay-ing of eggs is their great forte; and if thej be properlycared for and fed, they will lay well through coldweather, the hens being powerful machines for convert-ing food into eggs. The Leghorns, on a good range, can pick up the greaterpart of their own living. They are the most active andindustrious foragers known. But if one is obliged toconfine them to a small yard, clip their wing primariesto keep them within bounds, and you will be surprisedto see how they will scratch and keep busy day afterday. It is true there is some trouble experienced in winter-ing Leghorns successfully in our frigid climate; so thatthey will appear at our annual shows and come out inspring with tlieir combs and pendants unscathed byJack Frost. But, as it often has been said by our lead-ing fanciers of this and other high-combed varieties,they shoul
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