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are pure white in color, and weigh about 10 to the pound. As table 
fowls they are fairly good. By many they are considered excellent. 
The only thing that can be said against them is that they are small in 
size. Altogether, they are one of the most profitable breeds of poultry 
that can be kept upon the farm, and the cheapness of their keeping 
will allow the raising of two Leghorns for the cost of one Asiatic. 
They must be warmly housed in winter to lay well and to protect their 
X)endulous wattles from frostbite. 
Fig. 17.—Single-comb Wliite Leghorn cock. 
In shape a Leghorn cock (fig. 17) should be graceful; body, round and 
plump, broad at the shoulders, and tapering toward the tail. The tail 
should be well balanced on a fair length of shank and thigh, the length 
of leg giving the bird its sprightly and proud carriage. Closeness of 
feathering adds to the general shape am. secures a freedom from angles 
which always proclaims the pure bred, typical specimen. The breast 
should be lull, beautifully curved, rather prominent, and carried well 
forward. Neck, long, well arched, and carried erect; back, of medium 
length, with saddle rising in a sharp, concave sweep to the tail; tail, 
large, lull, carried upright; the full, flowing tail, and long, well curved 
