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ducers as the White and the Brown varieties. How- 

 ever, 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. 

 Fowls of a solid color, like the White or the Black 

 variety of the Leghorn breed, often prove most 



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



satisfactory in the hands of a poultryman whose 

 primary object is to produce eggs, and whose sec- 

 ondary object is to sell his surplus stock for breed- 

 ing purposes at something more than the price of 

 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 stock. Such stock 



