. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. No 7. White Leghorns A D, No. 8. White Leghorn. A, D. Craig. p(»ultrv breeders of this >State wisely imported fi'oni both Kng- land and America, and a wise blending of tlie two bloods has given us a better bird for egg production than either. Illustration No. VI lepresents about three (piarters English, carrying more weight, laying a la-rfrer egg than the winners. Tllustration No. 14 is a good specimen of the Englisli show type, big bodied, long V)ack and high stature, with too much
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. No 7. White Leghorns A D, No. 8. White Leghorn. A, D. Craig. p(»ultrv breeders of this >State wisely imported fi'oni both Kng- land and America, and a wise blending of tlie two bloods has given us a better bird for egg production than either. Illustration No. VI lepresents about three (piarters English, carrying more weight, laying a la-rfrer egg than the winners. Tllustration No. 14 is a good specimen of the Englisli show type, big bodied, long V)ack and high stature, with too much lione, and looking all ov(>r a sj)iendid specimen of the show Minorca only in whit<^ The best laying typt^ of Leg- horit for sustained laying in contineinent would be like those shown in Illustration No. 10, laying a 25 oz. per dozen egg and going about i H). per Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New South Wales. Dept. of Agriculture. Sydney, C. Potter, Govt. Printer [etc. ]
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