Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
extant. They are essentially a farmer’s 
fowl, as to do their best they must have un¬ 
restrained range. They are great foragers, 
and during the warm months, (and indeed 
some of the colder months), where they 
have unlimited range, will pick up their 
own living. Many farmers object to them 
because of their small size, but when the 
keeping of the home market supplied with 
fr^sh eggs is the object, no better breed can 
be kept. When matured they weigh from 
four to six pounds each, and while their 
bodies are plump and compact, with small 
bones, and good eating (what there is of 
them), it does not pay to breed them for 
market purposes. 
Although they belong to the non-sitting 
breeds, they will occasionally show a dis¬ 
position to incubate a nest of eggs; but they 
are not to be trusted, for after sitting on 
the eggs long enough to spoil them, Biddy 
suddenly concludes that she has made a 
mistake, and the upshot is that she leaves 
her nest and goes to laying harder than 
ever. By all means where a farmer wishes 
to keep fowls for eggs alone, he should keep 
the Brown Leghorns, but for a general pur¬ 
pose fowl, (and that is what most farmers 
want), a cross between the Brown Leghorns 
and one of the larger breeds would be the 
best. A Brown Leghorn cock with light 
Brahma hens, about ten hens to each cock, 
would produce a variety which would meet 
the requirements of the farmer who does 
not wish to breed for exhibition purposes. 
Those who are too proud to inquire what 
a thing costs when they buy it, are the 
first to find fault when they come to pay 
for it. 
When a man measures out glory for him¬ 
self, he always heaps the measure. 
