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THE BEGINNER IN POULTRY 



not pure white- I have raised Leghorns a number of 

 years, and have always had pure white eggs." Upon 

 this, I wrote to one or two poultrymen whom I knew to 



Dark Cornish Fowls. In Oriental Class. (.Storrs Experiment Station) 



have had other Rose-Comb Brown Leghorn eggs besides 

 my own, inquiring as to the color of these others. One 

 of the other lots was sold by the man who, at that time, 

 was winning all the first prizes in the largest show in the 

 country. The replies stated that all the eggs seemed 



