28 Farm Poultry 



the supply of fresh meat for the table. They are 

 active and do not fatten so readily under ordinary 

 conditions as larger and less active breeds. These 

 fowls are hardy, and all varieties are good layers, 

 most of them being extremely prolific. 



The fact of their being hardy in all stages of 

 development, as well as extremely good layers, 

 fits them for the farm, where a considerable revenue 

 is expected from the sale of eggs and where com- 

 paratively little importance is placed on the pro- 

 duction of meat. They are noted for laying early 

 in life; frequently early-hatched pullets lay at 

 five months of age and under favorable conditions 

 will lay well throughout the winter and summer 

 months. Many records of more than two hundred 

 eggs per year from single birds are known, and even 

 large flocks have produced two hundred eggs per 

 hen in a single year. 



The Leghorns are comparatively light eaters 

 and are somewhat less expensive to raise to maturity 

 than larger and heavier-bodied fowls. All va- 

 rieties of Leghorns are active and do best if given 

 wide liberty and if permitted to take much exercise 

 in search of food. 



The varieties of the Leghorn breed are: 



Single-comb Brown Single-comb Buff 



Rose-comb Brown Rose-comb Buff 



Single-comb White Single-comb Black 



Rose-comb White Silver 



