234 How THE FARM PAYS. 



The Polands are of several kinds, some rather curiously varied as 

 to plumage, as "White Crested Black, White Crested "White, Golden, 

 Silver and Bearded Golden and Silver. They are good fowls for a 

 small kind, but are most profitable when reared for sale as fancy 



WHITE CRESTED BLACK POLISH. 



fowls. The White Crested Black and the White Crested White are 

 the most popular, and there is scarcely any other fowl, excepting, 

 perhaps, some of the little bantams, which are so curious as the little 

 chicks of these two varieties, with their peculiar crested heads. 



CEEVECCEURS. 



The Crevecceurs, another crested breed of French origin, are all 

 black and have beautiful plumage, with a rich greenish shade in the 

 sunlight They differ in no other respects from the Houdans, but in 

 plumage and in having no fifth too. 



