22 POULTRY FOR PROFIT 



belongs to the French class, is a non-sitter, a prolific 

 layer and has a meaty carcass which is the delight of 

 French epicures. If egg-laying and table qualities 

 are ever combined in one fowl, it is probably in the 

 Houdan ; but for some reason it has not been largely 

 bred in this country. The Minorca belongs to the 

 Mediterranean class, but is larger than the Leghorn 

 and therefore a better table fowl and lays larger 

 eggs. The Ancona is a Mediterranean, like the Leg- 

 horn, and its friends claim for it all the fine qualities 

 of the Leghorn. 



Color of Eggs 



All hens of the Mediterranean breeds are non- 

 sitters and lay white eggs. All the heavy breeds are 

 sitters and lay brown eggs. These two considera- 

 tions must necessarily influence choice of a breed. 

 The San Francisco and New York markets pay a 

 little higher price for white eggs. Boston prefers a 

 brown egg, and Los Angeles has no choice, provided 

 only the egg is fresh. The person who wishes to 

 cater to a white egg market will therefore be obliged 

 to select one of the Mediterranean breeds, but the 

 Southern Californian may select the breed he likes, 

 regardless of color. 



Only One Breed 



Whatever breed you select, get the best stock ob- 

 tainable and keep that one breed and nothing else. 

 There is enough to learn about any one breed to keep 

 the average person busy for a lifetime. To try more 

 is to court failure. 



WHICH SPECIALTY? 



In an age of specialists like the present, the man 

 or woman who undertakes to raise poultry should 



