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However, the majority of practical poultrymen 

 who have selected a variety of the Leghorns and 

 have entered into the business of egg production 

 for profit select either the White or the Brown 

 variety. 



Fig. 5. Single-comb Brown Leghorn hen (two-thirteenths size). 



Fowls of a solid color, like the White or the 

 Black variety of the Leghorn breed, often prove 

 most satisfactory in the hands of a poultryman 

 whose primary object is to produce eggs, and 

 whose secondary object is to sell his surplus stock 

 for breeding purposes at something more than 

 the price which dressed poultry brings in the 

 market. The reason for this is readily seen when 

 we consider that old fowls must be disposed of 

 and be replaced by younger and more vigorous 



