. Sessional papers of the Dominion of Canada 1901 . y and fairly rapid male of the black variety is 10£ pounds weight, half a pound lighter than theother males of that family. The standard weights are :— Lbs. Lbs. Cocks 11 Hens 8^ Cockerels 9 Pullets 7 Black and White Langshans.—Of the two vari-eties the former are much the best known. TheBlack is an old and well established variety inEngland, where it has many friends. The femalesare good layers of an egg of medium size and richbrown colour. The fowls attain large size whe:>properly handled. The chicks are hardy and grow^Wty$Mi
. Sessional papers of the Dominion of Canada 1901 . y and fairly rapid male of the black variety is 10£ pounds weight, half a pound lighter than theother males of that family. The standard weights are :— Lbs. Lbs. Cocks 11 Hens 8^ Cockerels 9 Pullets 7 Black and White Langshans.—Of the two vari-eties the former are much the best known. TheBlack is an old and well established variety inEngland, where it has many friends. The femalesare good layers of an egg of medium size and richbrown colour. The fowls attain large size whe:>properly handled. The chicks are hardy and grow^Wty$Mimr well, but do not make as early market chicks as do y^%s*mi&fx the Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes. Standard weights are :— ^^^^^^ n l w wfe |W=^| J| - Cocks 10 ^4z%&m£~.:7!T Cockerels 8 ^^??^W^rM^ ,.,?;. * Hens 7 ^ * ? Pullets 6 Black Langshans. MEDITERRANEAN CLASS. The Mediterranean class embraces the Leghorns, Andalusians and Minorcas, allnon-sitters. The different points of the several varieties are given below :—. White Leghorns.—One of the best known andmost popular breeds. They are veritable eggmachines, as indeed are all varieties of the Leghornfamily. The females of this variety are hardy andmake good winter layers, when fairly well are hardy and grow rapidly, the youngcockerels crowing at eight weeks of age. Thereare no standard weights for the varieties of thisclass. Eggs are white in colour. Some strains Laylarge white eggs. Of late the size of the WhiteLeghorns has been increased by skilful are good fowls for farmers, when kept with abreed of sitters. 16—18|
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