120 Domestic ANIMALS. 
ance. There are few, if any, handsomer fowls than the genuine 
Spanish ; although some that are called by that name, but are 
really nameless mongrels, are ugly enough for scarecrows. 
The hens are great layers, being in this respect, we believe, 
superior to every other breed. Their eggs are very large, quite 
white, and of a peculiar shape, being quite thick at both ends, 
although tapering off a little at each. A correspondent of the 
Country Gentleman, relating his experience with them, says: 
“My last year’s June pullets commenced to lay in December, 
and the first of February all of my Spanish hens Jaid more or 
less. I got, in the six months, from the first of March to the 
first of September, eighty-five dozen of egzs from seven pullets, 
and I now get from four to six eggs per day; and my honest 
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conviction is, that the true Black Spanish hen will lay from 
‘five to ten per cént.’ more weight of eggs than any other 
breed.” 
