POULTR T- CRA FT. 



Fig. 64. Brown Leghorns. 



better layers than the other 

 Leghorns, tholigh on the av- 

 erage their eggs are smaller 

 than those of the White and 

 Buff varieties. They may be 

 said to be both easy and hard 

 to breed. An inexperienced 

 breeder, not versed in the 

 fine points of the breed can 

 produce stock much more 

 satisfactory to himself than 

 would come from his inex- 

 pert matings of Barred Ply- 

 mouth Rocks, or Silver Wy- 

 andottes. At the same time 

 a trained fancier seeking to 

 produce the finest Standard 

 specimens finds his task hard 

 enough to give zest to the 

 work. 



WHITE LEGHORNS. Fig. 63. There are two sub-varieties, Single Combed 

 and Rose Combed, having about the same relative popularity as corresponding 

 sub-varieties of Brown Leghorns. Generally thought a little less hardy than the 

 Browns. They average larger in size, and lay larger eggs. White Leghorns 

 are extensively used on the large egg farms supplying the New York market. 



BLACK LEGHORNS. Single Comb. 

 Not very commonly bred, because una- 

 ble to compete with the Black Minorcas, 

 which are in the same class, and are 

 larger. The legs of Black Leghorns 

 are not clear yellow, but a yellowish 

 black or willow. 



BUFF LEGHORNS. Single Comb. 

 Fig. 65. The remarks regarding other 

 new buff varieties apply to this one. 

 The variety is still in process of making, 

 and will not give satisfaction to those 

 who want to produce a large propor- 

 tion of high class birds, and know what 

 a good bird should be. For all practi- 

 cal purposes they rival the best stocks 

 of other varieties of Leghorns. They 

 are not popular in the broad sense of 

 the word, but in view of the increasing Fig . 65 . Buff Leghorn 



