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to this country, 1t remains certain that to the skill of 
American poultry breeders is due the beauty of the 
Brown Leghorn of today, as the variety that stands at 
the head of the Leghorn family, so far as appearances go. 
A well-grown Brown Leghorn cock will weigh up to. 
6 and a hen up to 5 pounds, although these weights are 
not commonly reached. No standard weight is fixed for 
them, and size is not considered as being important in 
this breed. The cock has a large upstanding comb with 
five serrations, the hackle is a deep, brilliant red with a 
black stripe down the center of each feather. The back 
and shoulders are deep red and the saddle is the same as 
the hackle and the breast is dull black. The primaries 
are dull black and the main tail feathers a lustrous green- 
ish-black. His carriage is proud and upright and his walk 
as deliberate as that of a soldier on parade. The Brown 
Leghorn hen is equipped with a large comb, evenly ser- 
rated and drooping gracefully to one side of her head. 
Her neck is golden yellow with a black stripe down the 
center of each feather. The breast is a reddish-salmon 
color and the primaries and main tail feathers are black. 
The remainder of her body is a soft even brown, finely 
stippled with short lines of a darker brown. She is trim 
of body, alert of movement and a splendid layer of pure 
white eggs of the standard size. 
White Leghorns have been known in this country as 
long as have their brown cousins. They are perhaps a 
little higher on the leg than the Brown Leghorn, but in 
all other respects they are of the same shape. In color 
thev are pure white in every part of the body. In comb, 
weight and prolificacy they are the same as other Leg- 
horns. White Leghorns have been adopted as distinc- 
tively the egg-farmer’s fowl in this country. Of all the 
