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BLACK SPANISH FOWLS. 



BLACK SPANISH HEN. 



who states that he has bred the Spanish fowl for upwards of twenty 

 years, and being thoroughly acquainted with the breed, he says he 

 never saw finer specimens of the Spanish stock. 



Last spring I became so well satisfied of the superiority of this 

 stock over all other importations with which I am acquainted, (which 

 embraces nearly all in New England,) that I obtained the entire stock, 

 consisting of a cock and three hens, and have bred from them with 

 very good success the past season. The difference between them and 

 others of this breed, consists in their greater size, brilliancy of 

 plumage, which is black, changing in the sun to a purplish green, ear 

 lobes more fully developed, and of a pearly whiteness. The comb is 

 also larger, and drooping on the cocks, as on the hens, and very deeply 

 serrated. The legs are of a leaden color, and there is not the slightest 

 variation, in this respect, in fifty chickens bred this season. They run 

 as near alike as partridges. They are a pure breed. As layers, they 

 have no equal, whether the size, number, or richness of the eggs is 

 considered. I have a pullet eleven months old now, (Sept. 20th,) 

 which has layed 150 eggs, and is still laying, having missed but one 

 week since she commenced. 



Respectfully yours, . J. P. CmLD8. 



