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and Pennsylvania the white egg hens are more pop- 
ular. 
Of course, this matter of color preference is 
merely a notion, fostered by custom. There is ab- 
solutely no difference in the quality of a brown-shell 
egg and that of one with a white shell. On the 
Pacific coast an effort is being made to lead peo- 
ple away from their unreasoning prejudice for white 
eggs, so that the amateur will be encouraged to keep 
the general purpose breeds, which lay brown eggs. 
In most sections, though, the professional poultry- 
men who have a white-egg market are well satisfied, 
for the White Leghorn is the nearest approach to 
an egg-producing machine which has yet been de- 
veloped. 
There are other points to be considered, too. 
Hens like the Leghorns and Anconas, which are 
marvelous layers, are very small and so of little 
value as table fowl. Moreover, they are non-sit- 
ters, which means that it is impossible to hatch eggs 
under them or to raise chickens with them, making 
it necessary for the amateur to keep a few hens of 
another breed or to rely upon incubators, if he 
raises his own birds. Also, these light hens are 
high flyers, so that more fencing is needed than for 
