. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. MOST COMMON EGG BREEDS 25 The Leghorn is probably the best example of the non-sitting class. See Fig. 10. It is certainly the most popular and the most widely bred of any European fowl. Other egg breeds include the Minorcas, Anconas, Andalusians, Campines and Spanish, all Mediterranean breeds. To these should be added the Hamburg, Houdan, the Redcap and possibly some others. They all lay white-shelled Fig. ii.—Single Comb Brown Leghorn. The most common varieties of Leghorns are White, Brown, Buff, Black and Silver, and most of these color varietie
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. MOST COMMON EGG BREEDS 25 The Leghorn is probably the best example of the non-sitting class. See Fig. 10. It is certainly the most popular and the most widely bred of any European fowl. Other egg breeds include the Minorcas, Anconas, Andalusians, Campines and Spanish, all Mediterranean breeds. To these should be added the Hamburg, Houdan, the Redcap and possibly some others. They all lay white-shelled Fig. ii.—Single Comb Brown Leghorn. The most common varieties of Leghorns are White, Brown, Buff, Black and Silver, and most of these color varieties are again sub-divided into Single and Rose-Comb species. The White and Brown Leghorns are the most widely bred, and they were the first varieties known. There seems to be excellent ground for the belief that they were first introduced into America from Italy. There is a story to the effect that in 1834 a sailing vessel from. 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 Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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