. California poultry culture. Poultry. 110 CALIFORNIA POULTRY CULTURE. are especially adapted to the climate of California is an acknowl- edged fact. A well known eastern poultry expert while visit- ing California was asked what impressed him the most in the poultry line and he promptly replied, "its great possibilities for producing world beating Brown ; Brown Leg- horns are not an easy variety to breed to standard requirements, in fact the females are probably as hard a proposition in this regard as we have in standard poultry culture; however, this only makes them more at
. California poultry culture. Poultry. 110 CALIFORNIA POULTRY CULTURE. are especially adapted to the climate of California is an acknowl- edged fact. A well known eastern poultry expert while visit- ing California was asked what impressed him the most in the poultry line and he promptly replied, "its great possibilities for producing world beating Brown ; Brown Leg- horns are not an easy variety to breed to standard requirements, in fact the females are probably as hard a proposition in this regard as we have in standard poultry culture; however, this only makes them more attractive to the fancier as it is a great honor to produce good specimens and they always good prices. Unlike some of the other fancy-and-hard-to-pro- duce varieties the Brown Leghorns are great producers and are. Single Comb Brown Leghorns. noted for their egg laying qualities; therefore a breeder can have a profitable flock of birds and at the same time satisfy his hobby from a strictly fancy point of view. The past few years have seen great strides in the qualities of the Brown Leghorns, notably in the increased size and in the size of the eggs they produce. These points were somewhat overlooked by the breeders of Browns for a number of years, in their effort to improve their beautiful color points; as the breeders of the White Leghorns had been making a special ef- fort for size of both birds and eggs, this variety gained some- what of a lead over their beautiful cousins in the yards of the commercial breeder. At the present time the two varieties are held in about equal esteem by both the fancier and the com-. 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 Burbridge, Mabelle A. (Mabelle Antoinette), b. 1872. [Los Angeles? Cal. ]
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