14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGIA. 



While this is perhaps an extreme case, it serves to show what may 

 be accomplished by the exercise of extraordinary care and skill in 

 rearing and managing poultry. 



There are only three varieties of the Leghorn grown, viz : The 

 Brown, the White and the Dominique. Each has its advocates, but 

 the Brown seems to be the favorite with a large majority of the 

 breeders. 



DESCRIPTION OF BROWN LEGHORNS. 



The cock should be black-red in color. The breast, wings and 

 tail all black, hackles a golden bay, back dark red, legs bright yel- 

 low, comb bright red, large and upright, deeply serrated with from 

 four to six points, face red and smooth, wattles large and pendent, 

 ear-lobes white or creamy white, but in no event red or tinged with 

 red. 



The carriage of the cock should be bold, manly and full of gal- 

 lantry towards the other sex. 



The hens should be medium in size, the body varying from dark 

 brown on the back to a lighter shade underneath ; the wings and 

 tail feathers a dull black; comb, paler red than that of the cock, 

 thin, single, deeply serrated, free from side sprigs, and drooping 

 gracefully to one side ; face and wattles smooth and red; ear-lobes 

 white ; legs yellow. 



The stems of the feathers of the body are penciled in the center 

 with a lighter color than that of the feathers. 



The above description will answer for the white variety in every 

 respect except in color. 



There are Black Leghorns and Dominique Leghorns, but they 

 have not been so generally grown as the brown and the white. 

 They differ but little from the last two, except in the color of their 

 plumage. 



They are all famous layers and are non-sitters. 



