. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 365. Fig. 355. Rose-Comb White Minorca cockerel (Photograph by Eugene Hall) from the Black Leg- horn only by the color of the skin, and (usually, not always) by its slightly greater size. Much of this stock is mixed Leg- horn-Minorca. In- stances have been known of breeders advertising Black Leghorns and Black Minorcas and ship- ping both from the same lot. Compar- isons of Leghorns and Minorcas based on presumptive constitutional breed differ- ences are fallacious. Practically there is no difference
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 365. Fig. 355. Rose-Comb White Minorca cockerel (Photograph by Eugene Hall) from the Black Leg- horn only by the color of the skin, and (usually, not always) by its slightly greater size. Much of this stock is mixed Leg- horn-Minorca. In- stances have been known of breeders advertising Black Leghorns and Black Minorcas and ship- ping both from the same lot. Compar- isons of Leghorns and Minorcas based on presumptive constitutional breed differ- ences are fallacious. Practically there is no difference between them. The Black Minorca has been commonly pre- ferred to the Black Leghorn wherever a black fowl of the laymg type was wanted. On the other hand, where a white fowl of this type was wanted, the Leghorn has been given preference, and, as in the case of the black varieties, the White Minorca has been used to give size to the Leghorn. The typical American Standard Minorca is usually more docile than the Leg- horn, less able, because of its excessively large comb, to stand low temperatures, and ordinarily less rugged, though that is largely a matter of the handling of the stock. The rose-combed. 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 Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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