22 The Hen at Work 



So Wendell Phillips, for it turned out to be the 

 great orator, took a dozen brown eggs home to his 

 invalid wife, and after that, during his stay nearby, 

 he went personally to secure the brown eggs his 

 wife found so well suited to her delicate taste. 



To-day high prices are paid for Leghorn eggs, 

 where one can prove their quality. I have ob- 

 tained fancy prices near Boston during the past 

 ten years. 



As a fowl for the table, the Leghorn is not much 

 to boast of, but here, also, breeding has done much 

 during late years. The modem high-grade White 

 Leghorn is very little like the birds our grandsires 

 used to chase out of the cabbage patch. The 

 breast is highly developed, and, if well fed, the 

 dressed fowl not only makes a good appearance, 

 but provides a far more substantial meal than one 

 might suppose. Cocks from good breeds will weigh 

 six or seven pounds, and hens about two pounds 

 less. We must bear in mind that one dozen eggs 

 in the fall, at sixty cents a dozen, will pay for two 

 potmds difference in weight between these and 

 heavier fowl. 



Another point to consider is the tendency of this 

 breed to do their best the first season. It hardly 



