82 BREEDS OF POULTRY 
purposes. They lay extremely large white-shelled eggs which top 
the market at the best prices. The birds are small in size and are 
not suitable for table purposes (Fig. 49). Where they are kept, 
little attention is devoted to the production of meat; the revenues 
from birds sold for this purpose are comparatively small. They 
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Fia. 50.—Single-comb Black Minorca pair, a breed noted for large eggs with white shells. 
lay so many eggs that the sales for meat can be eliminated. Re- 
cords show individuals that have produced more than two hun- 
dred eggs per year, and in rare instances large flocks have averaged 
as high as this. Leghorns, owing to their small size, are light 
eaters, both during their growth and after maturity. All things 
considered, it costs less for feed to produce eggs with Leghorns 
than with any other breed. The Brown Leghorns have become 
