Show BLACK LEGHORNS WERE NOT I IAL AL ALWAYS WAYS SO SAY Difference of Opinion as to Color of Fowls Originally r 1 ported F From Italy Italy Always Always Good Layers but Short o 0 the Setting Habit l to be considerable dlf- dlf THERE 1 I of ot opinion as an to whether or not the tho original Leghorn fowls I Imported from Italy wore were anything but black Some claim that all nil colOrs are areto areto areto to bo be found there In any event tho single comb Drown Brown Leghorn first appeared ap ap- ap in America In America in Now York York York- about Like others of ot the Leghorn tribe It Is 18 a heavy cg producer and a u. I sitter non that is 19 It doce not get brood broody Those who vho would raise Leghorns Leghorns Leg Leg- g- g horns must depend depond on hen henu of ot other breeds or use artificial means meana to hatch and brood tho the chicks The rich red and black and green black colore of ot the males and tho soft brown of ot the fe females te- te males mako make these very ven handsome and much admired fowls They are bred ex- ex tens oly by fanciers and are popular with the farmers being much used lIko the tho Jersey among cattle to grade up the farm flocks for tor better I tion They havo have been used extensively in tho the foundation tock of ot several of ot our popular American breeds and many of ot these OWe their quality of ot heavy eg egg production to tho the Drown Brown Le Leghorn horn blood In their ancestry 1 Brown Leghorns are arc usually slightly larger than an any other Leghorns Leghorn some nome il of ot tho heno henD weighing as much U and a halt half pounds although th the ft antI and a n pound half hen is a blest Males will scale as ns high In five lve and a half halt and six pounds n B Leghorn eggs too aro are larger laid by most other Leghorns and many hone hens have b exceedingly high yearly egg egg- reo rec The chicks are easily reared gro gre and feathering rapidly and read early maturity as do all of ot the th called Spanish h or Mediterranean b br hr They are difficult to keep yard being usually necessary to clip cUp 1 wings winge or use somo clim device de to keep them within hot bo Thoy They are very ery active are great gret fOl to era and do well on fro fro free range for tor a nice home flock whose plu will not show the eoll soil of at confine cantin and ond especially where a good fresh tresh eggs for tor tho table II 1 nee needed la Is an ideal fowl If It one i is III also interested In brat bras for tor fancy tancy single comb Brown Legs Lee offer otter many opportunities for tor the j play pIny of t care and skill in matin matinS matinS' of ot the most roost successful this variety during recent year and raised their winning prize Dr Br Leghorns in city olty back yards |