CHAPTER II 
SELECTING A BREED TO KEEP 
PEAKING broadly, the amateur will be wise 
S to select the breed and variety which makes 
the strongest appeal to him. He will have 
a wide choice, both as to size and markings. Yet 
there are several points aside from appearance 
which demand consideration. For example, some 
breeds lay pure white eggs, which in certain quar- 
ters is felt to be a distinct disadvantage. Leghorns 
are bred in comparatively small numbers in New 
England because the people living there have a strong 
prediliction for brown eggs, such as are produced 
by Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. New 
York epicures, on the other hand, are willing to pay 
a premium for pure white eggs, and so Leghorns, 
the most famous breed laying eggs of that color, 
are bred by most of the poultrymen catering to that 
market. Following the fashion, the majority of 
New England amateurs keep hens of breeds which 
lay brown eggs, while in New York, New Jersey 
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