i8 The Hen at Work 



common troubles of digestion and temperature, 

 which carry off so many chickens of other breeds, 

 pass Hghtly over this midget. 



The White Leghorn chick of the best strains 

 will have a full battery of feathers and be attack- 

 ing June bugs in single combat before a Rock or 

 Red would get out of the downy stage. He eats 

 heartily and digests his food well, because from 

 early dawn to almost night he loves to run, and 

 scratch, and fight. , 



Once it was thought that the Leghorn could not 

 succeed in the northern States, but this is not true 

 of the White Leghorns as now developed. 



One of the most successful breeders of this strain 

 has his place in Lawrence, Mass., where the winter 

 temperature is often twenty below zero. While it 

 is true that the egg yield during severe cold drops 

 more than that of the Rocks or Reds, the birds 

 themselves staffer no ill effects, and are eager to 

 make up for it when the temperature rises. 



There are two periods when the White Leghorn 

 becomes of special value to its keeper : in the fall, 

 during October and November, when eggs are 

 always very high, and the heavy breeds are just 

 thinking about contributions to the egg basket. 



