FARM ANIMALS 



FIG. 210. Rose Comb Black 

 Minorcas. 



of rather large, white eggs. They begin to lay at the 

 age of five months and continue for five years. The 

 young become feathered and develop early in life, as a 

 breed showing great hardiness. 



Minorca (Black, Rose Comb 

 Black, White, and Rose Comb 

 White). This breed, the heav- 

 iest of the Mediterranean fowls, 

 originated on the island of Mi- 

 norca in the Mediterranean Sea. 

 They are great egg producers. 

 They lay a very large, pure 

 white egg that is quite popu- 

 lar in most markets. The flesh is good for meat, but as 

 most people prefer fowls having a yellow skin and 

 shanks, instead of the white skin and dark shanks and 

 feet of the Minorca, they are not in favor for their 

 meat. They have the general characteristics of the 

 Leghorn and possess a strong constitution and great 

 vigor. 



Spanish. These are now called the White-faced 

 Black Spanish. As the 

 name indicates, they prob- 

 ably came from Spain, be- 

 ing one of the oldest fowls 

 of which we have any rec- 

 ord. This breed is glossy 

 greenish black with black 



shanks and toes, the face FIG. 211. White-faced Black Span- 



and ear lobes being white. 



The legs are somewhat longer than other breeds de- 

 scribed. They do not show the hardiness nor vigor of 

 the other breeds. 



