. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . , the Leghorn and the Minorcaare most popular. The Minorca lays a larger eggthan the Leghorn. The White and Bufif Leghorns,some Leghorn breeders claim, lay larger eggs thanthe other varieties. However that may be, theLeghorn—Black, Buff, Brown or White—as bredtoday, lays a much larger egg than the Leghornof a decade or two ago. The White-faced BlackSpanish lays a large white egg, but this fowl is notso popular as formerly, probably because the Mi-norca, which has Spanish blood in its veins, hascrowded the older bird from its place. Here, too,
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . , the Leghorn and the Minorcaare most popular. The Minorca lays a larger eggthan the Leghorn. The White and Bufif Leghorns,some Leghorn breeders claim, lay larger eggs thanthe other varieties. However that may be, theLeghorn—Black, Buff, Brown or White—as bredtoday, lays a much larger egg than the Leghornof a decade or two ago. The White-faced BlackSpanish lays a large white egg, but this fowl is notso popular as formerly, probably because the Mi-norca, which has Spanish blood in its veins, hascrowded the older bird from its place. Here, too,the Andalusian and the Hamburg may be men-tioned, for they have been tried as egg producers 312 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. and have not been found wanting. The former isa beantifnl bird, if one has not the waning Ameri-can prejudice against white skin and dark shanks;and the latter in its different varieties is worthy otits many admirers. The egg of the Hamburg issmaller than that of the Leghorn. As these fowls -?% ?•*H^^; x% •?i- .If. r>aying Type—Single Comb Brown Leghorns. are so-called non-sitters, the farmer who hasthem must either use incubators or keep some ofthe broody types for sitters and mothers. The lat-ter may easily be done by selecting from ClassesII and III hens which lay brown eggs, since theeggs of these Mediterranean fowls are pure II, Of the general-purpose breeds, thePlymouth Rocks are the oldest and best known. Manypeople prefer the Barred to the BufT or White Plym-outh Rock, because of the beaut}^ and oddity of the TYPES OF FOWLS. 313 l)luinage. The Wyandotte, a bird in many respectssimilar to the Plymouth Rock, leans perhaps a triflemore toward the egg-producing type. Thoughthere is no Barred species here, there are manybeautiful varieties to choose from, as the Silver-laced, Golden-laced, Black, White, and Bufif. Coloris, however, more a matter of individual taste thananything else, though there may at any time bestrains of one c
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