. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. Gical i- , The Black Spanish is of uncertain origin, and there is no reasonfor belie\iiig iliat it was broughtfrom Spain. Whatever its source
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. Gical i- , The Black Spanish is of uncertain origin, and there is no reasonfor belie\iiig iliat it was broughtfrom Spain. Whatever its source,it has been long and favorablyknown by the pul)lic. Its digni-fied carriage and large white eggscommenditalike to fowl-fanciersand breeders. Of the severalvarieties exhibited the White-Face takes precedence, owing toits beautiful characteristics,principal among which are itsaristocratic bearing, black andglossy plumage, bluish legs,red, erect and large comb, andwhite smooth face. A full grownbird weighs from 7 to 8 lbs. Thepullets lay when sis months old,and then 5 or 6 eggs per week;but to insure many eggs the hen-house should be kept warm. Theyoung chickens are ^delicate and require generous diet and care inorder to successfully raise them. The White-Faced variety is es-teemed as the most profitable, as there is a good demand for it, andprices generally rule Black Spanish Fowl. The Frizzle is a puzzle to naturalists, both on account of the ob-scurity attending its origin and to itsvery remarkable peculiarities. Thetheory that it was formerly a nativeof Friesland, and that it received itsname from that circumstance, has nofoundation in fact: nor is there anyevidence that it came originally, as issometimes claimed, from Japan. Itis almost certain that its name is de-rived from its appearance, everyfeather of the bird being curved,or turned back from the body,so as to show a portion of the under-surface. This fowl does not rankhigh as a distinct or ]>rofitiible breed.
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