MINORCAS 



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round layers. For table purposes they would be classed as " fair." 

 Their flesh is sweet and juicy, but owing to its being white, and 

 the shanks black or slate-color, it is discounted by American 

 housewives, who prefer a yellow-skinned carcass. While the Leg- 

 horns as a class surpass the Minorcas in the number of eggs laid, 

 the latter are considered to lay a larger egg, and to equal the Leg- 

 horn in actual bulk of egg material. 



Fig. 15. — Single Comb White Minorca. 



In recent years, however, so much improvement has been made 

 in the Leghorn in the way of selecting layers of large-size eggs, 

 that I am inclined to think this superiority of the Minorca is 

 more romance than fact. I have seen whole flocks of Leghorns 

 that laid uniformly large eggs, eggs that seemed out of all propor- 

 tion to the hens' bodies. 



Good Breed for Fanners. — Minorcas make a desirable fowl for 

 the farmer ; they have an active disposition and are excellent fora- 



