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acceptable as to quality , but also as to weight. 

 It will be evident to all that those fowls which 

 lay the greatest weight of eggs during the year 

 will be the most economical for the farmer to 

 keep to supply the wants of his own table. The 

 difference in expense of keeping fowls which lay 



Fig. 4. Buff Leghorn pullet (one-sixth size). 



different sized eggs is not commensurate with the 

 difference in the value of the product. This sub- 

 ject will be given a fuller discussion in another 

 chapter. 



It is asserted that some of the other and newer 

 varieties of Leghorns are equally as good egg 

 producers as the White and the Brown varieties. 



