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was formerly credited with outlaying the Leghorns, where the 

 actual pounds of eggs produced were considered, and is pos- 

 sihly the iniiiicdiatc ])r(>gciiitor of (lur modern Plyiuouth liock 

 which is res])(iiisililc for its ])rcseiit-day tendency toward high 

 production. It is now dropping out of favor, largely because 

 of the diminutiiin of tliat same high-producing cpiality. 



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Tlic reason usually ascrilied for tliis retrogression is the 

 fad for extreme size in comh. How or why extreme size in 

 comb siiould militate against egg production is impossible 

 to state. It may well be that the two characters are not 

 necessarily opposed, but that in their enthusiasm for one 

 character, breeders ejitirely lost sight of the other. Of the 

 two varieties, ^VIlite and JWack, the Blacks predominate. 



Both tlie ],eghoru and jMinorca are sprightly and stylish 

 in type, very nervous and active in disposition, early in 

 maturity, non-setters and lasers of large white e^<^s. In all 



