Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . Fig. 19.—A Single Comb White Legliorn cock. A representative of theMediterranean breed and noted for their superior egg production. Thisbreed is used quite extensively in commercial egg production and to someextent for squab-broiler raising, but top small for medium or large broilerproduction. The Black Leghorn is an English production, probably pro-duced by a cross between the Brown Leghorn and the BlackMinorca, although it may have been a sport. England has also introduced two other varieties^—namely,the Duckwing and the Pile. The Pile Leghorn was pro
Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . Fig. 19.—A Single Comb White Legliorn cock. A representative of theMediterranean breed and noted for their superior egg production. Thisbreed is used quite extensively in commercial egg production and to someextent for squab-broiler raising, but top small for medium or large broilerproduction. The Black Leghorn is an English production, probably pro-duced by a cross between the Brown Leghorn and the BlackMinorca, although it may have been a sport. England has also introduced two other varieties^—namely,the Duckwing and the Pile. The Pile Leghorn was producedby a cross between the Brown Leghorn and White Leghorn. 60 POULTRY CULTURE The color of the Duckwing Leghorn closely resembles that ofthe Duckwing Standard weights for the Leghorns are as follows: Cock,5i pounds; cockerel, 4i pounds; hen, 4 pounds; pullet,3^ Fig. 20.—A White Leghorn of the laying type. (Pennsylvania Depart-ment of Agriculture.) The Minorcas.—The Minorca of to-day is an English prod-uct, and were originally called the Red-faced Spanish. It isapparent that their ancestors were imported from the Minorcas find the White-faced Black Spanish as a basisof their ancestry. The Minorcas are of four standard varieties, as follows:Single and Rose Comb White, Single and Rose Comb Black. According to Mr. Northup, the Rose Comb Black Minorca isa sport from the Single Comb Black and the White Minorcais probably a sport from the Black. The Minorcas lay large white eggs and are very prolificlayers. The standard requires that the cock weigh 9 pounds; cock-erel, pounds; hen, pounds; pullet, pounds. The Spanish.—^The White-faced Black Spanish is the oldest THE BREEDS OF POULTRY • 61 of the so-called Spanish breeds. It is characterized by awhite pendulous face and a rich glossy black plumage. TheSpanish were import
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