20 POLAND FOWI.. 



POLAND FOWLS. 



TfHITB CRESTED BLACK POLISH COCK AITO HEW. 



The Polands are excellent layers of perfectly white and mod- 

 erately-sized eggs, much pointed at the smaller end. They seem 

 to he less inclined to sit than any other breed, and it is judicious 

 to pnt their eggs under other nurses. The chicks of both sexes, 

 which are hardly distinguishable for many weeks, are very joi- 

 namental. The male bird is first distinguished by the tail remain- 

 ing depressed, awaiting the growth of the sickle feathers, whereas 

 the female carries it uprightly flrom the first- also, the top-knot 

 in the cockerels hangs more backward than in the pullets. 



Their flesh is excellent, being white, tender and juicy. 



Puring three, or four years the cocks in particular increase in 

 size, hardihood, and beauty, different in this from fowls gener- 

 ally, which advance much more rapidly to their highest points 



