. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. POULTR r- CRA FT. 73 .^-. Fig. 64. Brown Leghorns. better hiyers than the other Leghorns, though on the av- erage their eggs are smaller than those of the White and Buff varieties. They may be said to be both easy and hard to breed. An inexperienced breeder, not versed in the fine points of the breed can produce stock much more satisfactory to himself than would come from his inex- pert matings of Barred Ply- mouth Rocks, or Silver Wy- andottes. At the same time a trained fancier seeking to produce the finest Standard specimens find
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. POULTR r- CRA FT. 73 .^-. Fig. 64. Brown Leghorns. better hiyers than the other Leghorns, though on the av- erage their eggs are smaller than those of the White and Buff varieties. They may be said to be both easy and hard to breed. An inexperienced breeder, not versed in the fine points of the breed can produce stock much more satisfactory to himself than would come from his inex- pert matings of Barred Ply- mouth Rocks, or Silver Wy- andottes. At the same time a trained fancier seeking to produce the finest Standard specimens finds his task hard enough to give zest to the vs'ork. White Leghorns.—Fig. 63.—There are two sub-varieties, Single Combed and Rose Combed, having about the same relative popularity as corresponding sub-varieties of Brown Leghorns. Generally thought a little less hardy than the Browns. They average larger in size, and lay larger eggs. White Leghorns are extensively used on the large egg farms supplying the New York market. Black Leghorns.— Single Comb. Not very commonly bred, because una- ble to compete with the Black Minorcas, which are in the same class, and ai'e larger. The legs of Black Leghorns are not clear yellow, but a yellowish black or willow. Buff Leghorns. — Single Comb. ' Fig. 65.—The remarks regarding other new buff varieties apply to this one. The variety is still in process of making, and will not give satisfaction to those who want to produce a large propor- tion of high class birds, and know what a good bird should be. For all practi- cal purposes they rival the best stocks of other varieties of Leghorns. They are not popular in the broad sense of the word, but in view of the increasing Fig. 65. Buff Leghorn 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 Robinson, John H. (Joh
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