156 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
The carriage of the cock shoud combine stateliness, 
alertness, and gracefulness; he should be proud and carry 
his breast full and projecting; his color should be jet- black; 
white or partially white feathers is a serious fault; the 
comb, single and extending from the fore part of the nos- 
trils in an arched form. ‘I'he white face is the most im- 
portant feature. It should be pure white, rising well over 
the eyeand extending to the back of the head, covering 
the deep-sided cheeks, and jointing the long and well- 
rounded white ear-lobes and thin wattles. 
The Black Spanish are great layers; none surpass them 
in beauty, nor excel them in size and quantity of eggs. 
Our northern winters are too severe for them; yet they 
seem to do well, if we judge by the grand display of our 
poultry exhibitions. They require great care during 
chickenhood; cold rains, damp houses and runs, and close 
confinement are positive seeds of mortality. They love to 
roam over the ample grounds of the breeder’s home- 
stead, where they can bask in sunshine and display their 
unique and ornamental facial markings. 
WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS. 
The Leghorns have been widely known in this coun- 
try for the last twenty years. They have been growing 
in public favor every year, until they now stand in the 
first rank of pure-bred poultry. They did not spring up 
in a few years to their present standing and popularity, 
but with steady strides have gained hosts of admirers 
among both veteran and amateur fowl-breeders for their 
remarkable precocity and pruductiveness. 
Without doubt, we have no variety of domestic fowls 
among the improved breeds at present cultivated in this 
country that will during the year produce a larger num- 
