EUROPEAN BREEDS. 



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They are non-sitters, which is a great advantage when 

 eggs are the product mainly desired. There is scarcely 

 any stock of the farm which is so poorly managed as the 

 poultry, yet there is none that may be more productive. 



Fig. 74. BROWN LEGHORNS. 



A yield of two or three dozen eggs and a brood of half 

 a dozen chickens is generally considered a fair season's 

 production for a hen. This is the consequence of keep- 

 ing poor stock, or neglecting that which is better, and 

 capable of doing better with proper treatment. Poultry 

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