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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 4, 1922 
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BEES ON THE FARM 
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Utility Breeds of Poultry 
Although I have raised chickens for 
several years, I e not yet decided 
definitely what breed 1 want to stick to 
permanently. As I prefer the Mediter¬ 
ranean class, it will be a breed of this 
group. Here, of course, the Leghorn 
(White) is supreme. Why is this? Why 
is not the Black Minorca more popular, 
especially on commercial egg farms? Is 
the color of the bird objectionable? It 
lias been my experience that the Minorca 
lays a larger ego-. Is this usually so? 
I mean in comparison with the S. C. 
White Leghorn. It' this is so, should not 
the Minorca have become more popular 
as large egg farms have developed? Does 
the White Leghorn stand forcing for egg 
production better than the Black Mi¬ 
norca? Is it easier to raise White Leg- 
hovns, especially on a large scale, than 
the Black Minoreas? Are the Leghorns 
hardier, or more adaptable to hot or cold 
climates? Which breed is better suited 
for the backyard poultry man? Is there 
any difference in amount, of feed required 
for these two birds? On large scale pro¬ 
duction. disposition of surplus cockerels 
is au important matter. Do Leghorns 
make better, quicker broilers than the 
Minoreas? a. b. 
Glen Ridge. N. J. 
It is easier to repeat a statement than 
it is to analyze it. Some writer once 
said, oracularly: “You will succeed best 
with the breed that you like best,’’ aucl it 
is easier for other writers to keep repeat¬ 
ing this than it is to study out reasons 
for either success or failure. Few people 
care to think; it is far easier to repeat. 
As to the comparative merits of different 
breeds of fowls, the Single Comb White 
Leghorn has attained pre-eminence upon 
the commercial poultry plant, simply be¬ 
cause it has demonstrated a higher aver¬ 
age of desirable qualities for such plants 
thau has any other single breed. There 
is probably no point of excellence in 
which the Leghorn is not excelled by 
some other breed, but the commercial 
poultry man is interested in averages, not 
in exceptional performances, The Mi¬ 
norca lays au egg much superior to that 
of the Leghorn, but it falls down else¬ 
where, and when its qualities are aver¬ 
aged up with those of the Leghorn the 
latter beats it as an egg machine on a 
poultry farm. This is in no way a dis- 
pnragement of other breeds, any more 
than it is “knocking” the Jersey cow to 
say that Holsteins have taken the lead 
in herds where milk production is the 
aim of the owner. The Jersey “has it all 
over the Holstein” in many respects, aud 
tills a place that, the Holstein will prob¬ 
ably never attain, but as quantity pro¬ 
ducers of medium quality milk, the IIol- 
steius occupy a place in the large dairies 
that the Leghorns hold on commercial 
poultry farms. The personal preference 
of a dairyman for one breed or another 
won’t alter breed characteristics, and you 
can’t “like" a Plymouth Rock lieu into 
laying white eggs. 
The dark skin and legs of the Minoreas 
are somewhat objectionable- in the mar¬ 
ket. and the breed, as a whole, has never 
been developed along lines' of quantity 
production us the Leghorns have. Eggs 
are sold by the dozen, and a Minorca egg 
twice the size of a Leghorn egg will bring 
no more in tho general market. When 
eggs are sold by weight, as they should 
be, the Minorca will become more popu¬ 
lar, Disposal of young cockerels as broil¬ 
ers is an important matter on poultry 
farms; Leghorns make very desirable 
broils at from 1!4 to - lbs. in weight, 
The larger the breed, the more food that 
it required; Leghorns produce medium¬ 
sized eggs without excessive food con¬ 
sumption. They are hardy and easy to 
raise; perhaps not more so than Minoreas. 
I do not know. For the backyard thick, 
the matter of variety is of less impor¬ 
tance. Here, it is not the prime means 
of livelihood, and personal preferences 
as to color of feathers and quirk of the 
tail may well be consulted. The Minoreas, 
particularly the black variety, are larger 
than the Leghorns, beautiful in plumage, 
and handsome in carriage aud size and 
color of comb, non-sitters, excellent lay¬ 
ers. good foragers, hardy, and producers 
of exceptionally largo eggs, chalk white 
in color. Like all fowls of the Mediter¬ 
ranean class, they are good flyers, and 
need better fencing thau the heavier 
breeds. M. B. D. 
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