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THE LEGHORNS 



4. Do you think it correct as well as beneficial to 

 the variety, to have hackle and saddle feathers strongly 

 striped with black? 



I like the hackle and saddle sections strongly striped 

 with black, but I cannot say for a certainty whether it is 

 correct and beneficial to the variety. I know that I have 

 a larger percentage of well striped ones than I have of 

 those that are not well striped. 



5. Do you think Duckwings will become as popular 

 as Browns when their good qualities are better known 

 than they are now? 



Yes I think Duckwings will become as popular as 

 the Browns when their good qualities are better known. 

 They certainly are very pretty and will average more 



pounds to a flock than most any variety of the Leghorns. 

 They are great layers and great foragers. They certainly 

 are a fine table fowl and they dress nicely, the skin being 

 very yellow. 



When Mr. Wyckofif imported the Silver Duckwings 

 in 1905 or '06 the birds were very coarse in comb. Have 

 overcome that fault to a very large degree so that now 

 nearly every male bird has a small and perfect comb. 



I bought eggs from Mr. E. G. Wyckofi at $15.00 per 

 sitting and from this stock I established my strain which 

 is second to none in this country. My stock is far su- 

 perior to any that Mr. Wyckofif ever had and I know that 

 any one who starts in with the Silver Duckwings will 

 never be sorry. 



First Exhibited in America in 



Red Pyle Leghorns 



1900, but Bred More Extensively Since 1909- 

 Standard Color. Valuable as Egg Producers. 



Georie E. Howell 



to Mate and Breed for 



IT IS ten years since the Red Pyle Leghorns came 

 before the public. To an English Leghorn fancier 

 belongs the credit of originating them. Five years 

 later they made their appearance in America, being shown 

 at Madison Square Garden by several exhibitors two 

 years in succession; and then they seem to have dropped 

 out of the running until the 1909-10 show, when they 

 again made their appearance at the Garden. 



Xot being assigned a regular class, they competed 

 against all other non-standard aspirants for public favor. 

 The even type of these birds, their "classy" appearance, 

 and the strong evidence of their useful qualities, won for 

 them every first and second prize in the class to which 

 they were assigned. 



There is nothing similar to the color of their plumage, 

 excepting the Pyle Game and Game Bantam, and to see 

 a pen of these busy and active birds with the sun's rays 

 full upon them is a picture for a painter. The rich color- 

 ing of the male flashing in and out among the brown- 

 breasted females as they scratch in 

 the litter in the pen, is a pleasing 

 sight to any fancier. 



One of the greatest points in 

 their favor is their ability as winter 

 layers. They do not mature so quickly 

 as the Browns, Whites or Buflfs; being 

 a opund or more heavier in weight; 

 but when they get started about No- 

 vember first, there is nothing in the 

 shape of cold weather that will dis- 

 courage them. Their eggs rank well 

 in size, being equal to some Minorca 

 eggs, as large as the best Buff Leg- 

 horn, larger than the White, and 

 nearly as large again as the Black, 

 Brown or Duckwing eggs. The color 

 of the shell is transparent white. 



There have been articles appear- 

 ing in praise of the various varieties 

 of Leghorns, diflferent writers lauding 

 their favorite variety of the breed and 

 crediting it with all the virtues and 

 none of the faults of the other breeds. 



REEDING PEN 



LEGHORNS 

 Owned and bred by George E 



-Ml who have bred each variety of Leghorns know these 

 claims cannot be and are not real in fact. No one variety 

 of Leghorns has all the virtues. Their mission in life is 

 to lay a large number of eggs, and they all fulfill that 

 mission — some more than fulfill it, others less. 



It is not the object here to make any claim for the 

 Pyles that cannot be realized in breeding them. Game 

 blood, undoubtedly, was used in creating them, and it is 

 useless to deny it, as common sense must teach one that 

 the Pyle markings could not be obtained in any other 

 way. When dressed for the table this fact becomes more 

 apparent by the appearance of the carcass. The skin is 

 a rich golden yellow that looks like butter, and the car- 

 cass is plump and round, giving it a first-rate table ap- 

 pearance. Pullets will weigh four pounds with the head 

 and feathers off, cockerels five, hens five, and cocks six. 



Now, to my way of thinking, this is an ideal general 

 purpose fowl, large enough for the table and of a quality 

 to tempt the epicure. The eggs are white in color and 

 ' are large enough to be especially se- 



lected; and they can be had in winter 

 when most sought after. The plumage 

 is rich in color and not commonplace 

 or monotonous to look at; and when 

 spread over a fowl of the real Leg- 

 horn shape, with Leghorn style and 

 characteristics, large pure white ear 

 lobes, and a comb which every Leg- 

 horn breeder recognizes as perfect, I 

 submit we have a fowl which has well 

 earned its right to public favor and 

 pulilic patronage. 



In selecting a pen of Pyle Leg- 

 horns for breeding purposes, great 

 attention should be given to the color 

 and style of the male. Let this color 

 be rich and breast clear white, if pos- 

 sible, although it is hard to get as yet 

 in a high top -colored bird. Mate this 

 bird to females that are perfect 

 "dreams" in shape, with solid brown 

 breasts and free from ticking in 

 the balance of the plumage and 



RED PYLE 



