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continue laying eggs up to over ten years of age, and in all have pro- 

 duced 2,000 eggs and over in their lifetime. In addition to these 

 varieties there are the Dominique Leghorns, a bluish pencilled sort, 

 and the Black Leghorns. 



BBOWN LEGHORNS. 



The crested fowls are popular with some poultry keepers, on ac- 

 count of the peculiar bunch of fine feathers which cover the heads. 

 Of these there are the French and the various kinds of Polish fowls. 

 The Houdans are a French breed, and are good layers but poor 



brooders. They are black and white in color, with pencilled plumage, 

 have large crests, and beards about the throat, and combs shaped 

 like a deer's antlers. They have the fifth toe like the Dork- 

 ings. These birds have excellent white flesh and lay large eggs. 



