Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . t fan-ciers. The Brown Lr^ghorns are described as having thecomb of the Black Spanish fowl, with its head and body,and the plumage or color of the Black-red Game. TheBrown Leghorn cock is black-breasted, with hackles oforange-red, striped with black ; the ear-lobes are hen is salmon-color on the breast, with the rest ofthe plumage brown, finely penciled with dark mark-ings. They thrive fairly well in confinement. A promi-nent English poultry fancier is of the decided opinionthat this breed is the best
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . t fan-ciers. The Brown Lr^ghorns are described as having thecomb of the Black Spanish fowl, with its head and body,and the plumage or color of the Black-red Game. TheBrown Leghorn cock is black-breasted, with hackles oforange-red, striped with black ; the ear-lobes are hen is salmon-color on the breast, with the rest ofthe plumage brown, finely penciled with dark mark-ings. They thrive fairly well in confinement. A promi-nent English poultry fancier is of the decided opinionthat this breed is the best of all our * American breeds,when size and product of eggs are taken into considera-tion. The Leghorns are all called in England Americanbreeds, because American fanciers first developed themus pure breeds, and, so to speak, brought them out. EUROPEAN BREEDS. 161 riicy are ncn-sitters, which is a great advantage wheieggs are the product mainly desired. There is scarcelyany stock of-the farm which is so poorly managed as thepoultry, yet there is none that may be more Fig. 74.—BROWN LEGHORNS. A yield of two or three dozen eggs and a brood of halfa dozen chickens is generally considered a fair seasonsproduction for a lien. This is the consequence of keep-ing poor stock, or neglecting that which is better, andcapable of doing better with proper treatment. Poultry11 162 PROFITS IN POULTRY. may be improved by careful breeding as well as a pig ofa cow. An infusion of new blood should be procuredevery year or two, and a bird of undoubted excellenceehould be bought. THE FRENCH BREEDS—HOUDANS AND CREVECCEURS. If profit is the chief end of poultry-keeping, and thisis certainly the purpose for wliich farmers and those whoraise poultry for the market, -is well as those who com-pete for prizes at the poultry shows, are all in pursuit of,then the French breeds of fowls are worthy of high con-sideration. There is no other country in the worldwhere poultry is so popular a prod
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