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POULTRY CULTURE 



development of the 

 comb to such an extent 

 that it became a mon- 

 strosity and an imped- 

 iment. The American 

 Standard calls for a 

 bird of finer type, yet 

 distinctly larger than 

 the Leghorn and with a 

 relatively larger comb. 

 To maintain the size, 

 the following standards 

 of weight were estab- 

 lished : single-comb 

 black : cock, 9 pounds ; 

 cockerel, 7I pounds ; 

 hen, y^ pounds; pullet, 

 61- pounds ; rose-comb 

 black and single-comb 

 white : cock, 8 pounds ; 

 cockerel, 61- pounds ; 

 hen, 6^ pounds; pullet, 5^ 

 pounds. Black cock birds 

 over I o pounds and hens over 

 8 pounds in weight are fre- 

 quently produced. In general 

 outlines the M inorca, as distin- 

 guished from the Leghorn, is 

 an enlargement of the type, 

 showing more straight lines 

 and angles, because of its 

 greater size. It is generally 

 conceded that Minorca eggs 

 average larger than those of 



any other race of fowls. Mi- 

 FIG.3S4. Single-CombBlackMinorcapuUeti ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^-^^ ^^ p^^jj^^ ^^ 



Leghorns. The ordinary Black Minorca stock is distinguishable 



1 Photographs from owner, Dr. Howard Mellor, Spring House, Pennsylvania. 



Fig. 353. Single-Comb Black Minorca cockerel ' 



