24 Farm Poultry 



popular breed should pass for nearly half a cen- 

 tury with comparatively slight notice. Since the 

 introduction of the Leghorns, however, they have 

 been considerably changed and bred to that degree 

 of perfection that has designated them an Amer- 





Fig. 1. A White Leghorn cockerel. 



icanized, if not an American breed. In the early 

 history of these fowls in this country they were 

 spoken of as being of various colors yet all par- 

 taking of the same general nature, and were 

 recognized as belonging to the same breed. The 



