160 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
The general objection to the Whites is the difficulty 
in keeping the plumage unsoiled. Where, however, they 
receive proper care there is little trouble. 
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BROWN LEGHORN. 
The Leghorns have a high reputation as layers. Of 
these Italian fowls, the brown variety has recently be- 
come very popular. Said to have been introduced by 
Mr. F. J. Kinney, of Massachusetts, who bought the 
first trio that was imported, in 1853, from on board a 
ship in Boston harbor. Since then Mr. Kinney has 
made several importatious from Leghorn, in Italy. The 
character of these birds is of the very best. They are 
yellow skinned, and excellent table fowls, are extremely 
‘ardy, and enormous layers. Hens have laid on the 
werage 240 eggs in the year in some flocks. Pullets 
often begin to lay before they are five months old, and 
continue laying during the whole winter. They are gay 
plumaged birds, and have become popular amongst fan- 
ciers. The Brown Leghorns are described as having the 
comb of the Black Spanish fowl, with its head and body, 
and the plumage or color of the Black-red Game. The 
Brown Leghorn cock is black-breasted, with hackles of 
orange-red, striped with black ; the ear-lobes are white. 
The hen is salmon-color on the breast, with the rest of 
the plumage brown, finely penciled with dark mark- 
ings. They thrive fairly wellin confinement. A promi- 
nent English poultry fancier is of the decided opinion 
that this breed is the best of all our ‘“‘ American” breeds, 
when size and product of eggs are taken into considera- 
tion. The Leghorns are all called in England American 
breeds, because American fanciers first developed them 
as pure breeds, and, so to speak, ‘‘ brought them out.” 
