. Poultry production. Poultry. 74 FOULTUY PRODUCTION these cliaraetcristics, as in fecundity, tlic Leghorn is more extreme save in the largeness of the egg, for wliicli the Minorca enjoys an excellent and well-deserved reputation. The l)hje Andalnsian is reniarkahle in tluit it ne\-cr hrecds true for color. The otl's]3ring of lilue parents arc, on the a\'cra2;e, in the ])roportion of one black to two blue to one white, splashed with bhie. The black offspring when mated together give only bhicks. The white-splashed mated Fio. 21. Single C'fjuil;) Wliiti.' Leghorn, IVuialt- { Mc(li1cri;incaii).
. Poultry production. Poultry. 74 FOULTUY PRODUCTION these cliaraetcristics, as in fecundity, tlic Leghorn is more extreme save in the largeness of the egg, for wliicli the Minorca enjoys an excellent and well-deserved reputation. The l)hje Andalnsian is reniarkahle in tluit it ne\-cr hrecds true for color. The otl's]3ring of lilue parents arc, on the a\'cra2;e, in the ])roportion of one black to two blue to one white, splashed with bhie. The black offspring when mated together give only bhicks. The white-splashed mated Fio. 21. Single C'fjuil;) Wliiti.' Leghorn, IVuialt- { Mc(li1cri;incaii). (<'(.airtcy^- ol (Jwuu Farms and KcliaMo Puultii' together give all wdiite-splashed. The blue offs])i'ing give blacks, blues and blue-splashed just as did their part'uts. Nt'ither the blacks or whitc-S]) are recognized as standard varieties, though they breed true. It is ]irubable that the Hlne Orpingtons and lilue I'lyniouth liocks traei' then' anceslry fo the lilue Andalnsian anioni;- others and their breeding belia\'i(ir corrcsjionds to that ol' the 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 Lippincott, William Adams, 1882-1931; Card, Leslie Ellsworth, 1893-. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
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