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and there is no fowl on terra firma that can surpass it ; 

 but if subjected to conditions that are not suitable to 

 their wants, failure and disgust are inevitable. The 

 person who endeavors to keep a flower garden, kitchen 

 garden and poultry yard all in the same enclosure, will 

 find that the Leghorn is a fowl not suitable for its 

 environment. The Leghorns are ambitious and always 

 willing to work, and if there is any scratching in sight 

 they are in for it, no matter whether it is in a heap of 

 barnyard produce or a fancy posy bed. Practically it 

 is all the same to them. The only way that the Leg- 

 horns can be kept successfully is to provide them with 

 quarters by themselves, or else keep everything that 

 they can harm beyond their reach. In such a way they 

 can be raised and bred with the best of success, and 

 return number one results to the owner. The Leg- 

 horns are very nervous fowls and whenever danger 

 approaches their first impulse is to get out of the way. 

 They generally do it by using their wings, and if the 

 yard is narrow the probabilities are they will go out. 

 This will often be the case if the fowl sees or thinks 

 it sees a prospect of being cornered. In a large square 

 yard the fowl is given a better opportunity of getting 

 out of harm's way without resorting to its wings, in 

 fact, it does not require long before the fowl seems to 

 forget the use of its wings as a means of getting out 

 of difficulties. — [C. P. Reynolds in American Fancier. 

 The Minor cas (Figure 31) are next to Leghorns 

 in popularity. They are of much larger size, standard 

 weights for Single Comb Blacks being, cock, nine 

 pounds ; cockerel, seven and one-half ; hen, seven and 

 one-half; pullet, six and one-half, although they are 

 frequently b'red no larger than Leghorns, which is 

 from one to three pounds smaller than standard 

 weights. The standard weights for Rose Comb Black 

 and for White are one pound lighter. They are grow- 



