. Philips' 1902 seed annual : everything for the farm and garden. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Black Minorcas, MIXORCA is famous as a layer of large eggs. If test of weight of eggs joroduced were applied to all breeds, the Minorca would probably stand fir&t. They stand confinement well. Although active birds and good foragers, if given liberty to work they can be cooped or retained in small runs without it affecting their health or laying qualities. For table purposes they are fair. Their
. Philips' 1902 seed annual : everything for the farm and garden. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Black Minorcas, MIXORCA is famous as a layer of large eggs. If test of weight of eggs joroduced were applied to all breeds, the Minorca would probably stand fir&t. They stand confinement well. Although active birds and good foragers, if given liberty to work they can be cooped or retained in small runs without it affecting their health or laying qualities. For table purposes they are fair. Their flesh is close and white, and in dressing there is less offal than in some of the heavier breeds. Prices: Males , pair trio Eggs per 15. 30 eggs Houdans. /^XE OF OUR most valuable breeds of poultry, and considered by the French their best table and market fowls. The Houdan is to France what the PhTHOUth Rock is to America. They derived their name from the little town of Houdan, France. They are hardy and prolific layers ot large, white eggs. For table purposes they are among the best, as they have small bones and the flesh is tender and delicious. They are non-sitters, possess the fifth toe, very hardy, vig- orous, rapid growers, free from disease and light feeders; as they may be fed at a small cost as compared with some of the larger breeds. They are of a medium size and of a mottled white plumage, black and white intermixed, the black slight- ly predominating. Prices: Males , pair , trio Eggs per 15 White-Crested B. Polish. rr^HE POLISH are classed among the most beautiful breeds. It must not be sup- posed, however that they cannot be classed as useful. They are prolific layers, almost equal to the Leghorns, non-sitters, and dehcate table fowls. The Polish are easily confined in an enclosure lour feet high, as on ac- count of their crests covering their eyes. They become read- ily attatched to their keepers and y make gr
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