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AgriniUHnil Gazette of N.S.W. [June 2, 1908. 



Illustration Xo. 10 j.ives a single specitiif'ii of the winning pen, and this shows 

 a fine specimen of the Australian tyi>e. Medium size, with less Hamburgh blood, 

 their neivous svsteni is not so highly strung, and tliey take })etter to confine- 

 ment, of i\\^ eoii'litions i-.eeessHry under protitable pfiultiv t'aiining. The 



No 7. White Leghorns A D, Craig. 



No. 8. White Leghorn. A, D. Craig. 



p(»ultrv breeders of this >State 

 wisely imported fi'oni both Kng- 

 land and America, and a wise 

 blending of tlie two bloods has 

 given us a better bird for egg 

 production than either. 



Illustration No. VI lepresents 

 about three (piarters English, 

 carrying more weight, laying a 

 la-rfrer egg than the winners. 



Tllustration No. 14 is a good 

 specimen of the Englisli show 

 type, big bodied, long V)ack and 

 high stature, with too much 

 lione, and looking all ov(>r a 

 sj)iendid specimen of the show 

 Minorca only in whit<^ 



The best laying typt^ of Leg- 

 horit for sustained laying in 

 contineinent would be like those 

 shown in Illustration No. 10, 

 laying a 25 oz. per dozen egg 

 and going about i H). per hen. 



