The leghorns, brown, white, black buff and duckwing : An illustrated leghorn standard, with a treatise on judging leghorns, and complete instructions on breeding, mating and exhibiting . cut savorstoo much of the Minorca. The wattles are too long and pen-dulous, they are not rounded enough. The tail should becarried a trifle higher. Ezra Cornell, New Fork, breeder of Single Comb Whiteand Buff Leghorns: The cut is in all respects a goodone, that is, it is true to the standard requirements. Anycriticisms which I might make are therefore merely per-sonal fancies. This might be, to some of your re
The leghorns, brown, white, black buff and duckwing : An illustrated leghorn standard, with a treatise on judging leghorns, and complete instructions on breeding, mating and exhibiting . cut savorstoo much of the Minorca. The wattles are too long and pen-dulous, they are not rounded enough. The tail should becarried a trifle higher. Ezra Cornell, New Fork, breeder of Single Comb Whiteand Buff Leghorns: The cut is in all respects a goodone, that is, it is true to the standard requirements. Anycriticisms which I might make are therefore merely per-sonal fancies. This might be, to some of your readers, mis-leading, but if they will look to the standard they will see with the heavier draft horses. The tail is also not quite tomy taste; it is carried about right and is about right in size,but the lower feathers are too long in comparison to theupper ones. I have before me a cut of a Brown Leghorncockerel, also one of Mr. Sewells productions, sent me afew days ago by Mr. George Osterhout, of Nebraska,which I prefer to the one we are considering. He is betterin the three sections I have specially mentioned; morenearly in accordance with my idea of a correct George O. Brown Maryland, judge and breeder, andex-president of the American Poultry Association: Combis too large for size of hird; wat-tles are too long; ear lobe comestoo much to a point on the lowerside; tail comes out of the backin too upright a way and thesickles, etc., should be a littlehigher; neck a little too thick;breast not quite full enough. T. E. Sherman, New York,breeder of Buff Leghorns: I donot feel competent to criticisethe work of so eminent an artistas Mr. Sewell, but this does notexactly suit me in a few partic-ulars. The wattles are a littletoo long for the width; the combis a little too high in front, theback part is too low or followsthe curve of the neck too legs and thighs are a trifletoo stout. Buff Leghorn breedersin the past have had to give moreattention to establ
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