156 PROFITS 1ST POULTRY. 



The carriage of the cock should combine stateliness, 

 alertness, and gracefulness; he should be proud and carry 

 his breast full and projecting; his color should be jet- black; 

 white or partially white feathers is a serious fault; the 

 comb, single and extending from the fore part of the nos- 

 trils in an arched form. The white face is the most im- 

 portant feature. It should be pure white, rising well over 

 the eye and extending to the back of the head, covering 

 the deep-sided cheeks, and jointing the long and well- 

 rounded white ear-lobes and thin wattles. 



The Black Spanish are great layers; none surpass them 

 in beauty, nor excel them in size and quantity of eggs. 

 Our northern winters are too severe for them; yet they 

 seem to do well, if we judge by the grand display of our 

 poultry exhibitions. They require great care during 

 chickenhood; cold rains, damp houses and runs, and close 

 confinement are positive seeds of mortality. They love to 

 roam over the ample grounds of the breeder's home- 

 stead, where they can bask in sunshine and display their 

 unique and ornamental facial markings. 



WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS. 



The Leghorns have been widely known in this coun- 

 try for the last twenty years. They have been growing 

 in public favor every year, until they now stand in the 

 first rank of pure-bred poultry. They did not spring up 

 in a few years to their present standing and popularity, 

 but with steady strides have gained hosts of admirers 

 among both veteran and amateur fowl-breeders for their 

 remarkable precocity and productiveness. 



Without doubt, we have no variety of domestic fowls 

 among the improved breeds at present cultivated in this 

 country that will during the year produce a larger num- 



