EUROPEAN BREEDS. 161 
They are non-sitters, which isa great advantage whei 
eggs are the product mainly desired. There is scarcely 
any stock of the farm which is so poorly managed as the 
poultry, yet there is none that may be more productive. 
Fig. 74.—BROWN LEGHORNS. 
A yield of two or three dozen eggs and a brood of half 
a dozen chickens is generally considered a fair season’s 
production fora hen. Ibis is the consequence of keep- 
ing poor stock, or neglecting that which is better, and 
capable of doing better with proper treatment. Poultry 
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