The business hen (a new brood) . eeds longer to mature; it costs nearly twice as much to house them,and fully double as much to feed them. One argument in favor of Leg-horns, for town lots, is that they occupy less space in houses. A housethat will comfortably house 40 Leghorns would be small for 25 Brahmas, or30 Plymouth Rocks, while eggs are the chief consideration for townpoultry. As a rule eggs from the Leghorns are more fertile than thosefrom larger breeds. The young Leghorn hen shown at Fig. 1 laid a clutchof eggs and hatched them before she was five months old. AMERICAN BREEDS.—This cla
The business hen (a new brood) . eeds longer to mature; it costs nearly twice as much to house them,and fully double as much to feed them. One argument in favor of Leg-horns, for town lots, is that they occupy less space in houses. A housethat will comfortably house 40 Leghorns would be small for 25 Brahmas, or30 Plymouth Rocks, while eggs are the chief consideration for townpoultry. As a rule eggs from the Leghorns are more fertile than thosefrom larger breeds. The young Leghorn hen shown at Fig. 1 laid a clutchof eggs and hatched them before she was five months old. AMERICAN BREEDS.—This class includes such breeds as Ply-in o u t h Rocks,Wyandottes andRhode Island Reds,produced by crossingolder breeds andselecting birds trueto a fixed typethrough a number ofyears. For example,the Plymouth Rockresulted from cross-ing the Dominiqueand the Java with theBrahmas. It is alsostated that the PitGames were used toproduce this Wyandotte camefrom a non-sittingPig. 2. A 237-EGG PLYMOUTH ROCK. breed on one side, and. The Business Breeds.
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