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Show WHITE LEGHORN IS POPULAR In Markets Requiring White Eggs This Breed Has the Call and Is Used Exclusively. Of the egg breeds the White Leghorn Leg-horn Is the most popular, and In those markets which require white eggs this breed has the call and Is used almost exclusively and on the large Intensive plants, for the reason that although the Leghorn is an active bird It stands crowding and confinement In large numbers better than any other variety. varie-ty. Some Leghorn strains are good winter layers, but as a rule the general gen-eral purpose fowls are considered better bet-ter for winter eggs, the most popular breeds among the general purpose fowls being the Plymouth Hock, with the Khode Uland Heds, Orpingtons and Wyandottes In cIoho ordr. Leghorns have many varieties, but the white and brown are the best established es-tablished and most popular, lietween these two, It Is Impossible to say which Is the better hen. Another variation within the Leghorn family is tho distinction of single and rose combs. The benefit claimed for rose combs la freedom from frost bite, but the single comb varieties are better established and more popular. F.xcep-tlons F.xcep-tlons will of course be found, but so far as breed is concerned the Leghorns Leg-horns are without doubt the best layers lay-ers know n. Leghorns are the most highly organized or-ganized nervously of any breed. For j this reason they fail quickly to produce pro-duce good results when subject to unfavorable un-favorable conditions. If compelled to ' Single-Combed White Leghorns. roost In cold houses and pick a living (hey will not lay. Rut when warmly housed and properly fed they are among the best of winter layers. The Minorcas are much larger than the leghorns and lay larger eggs. They have white skins and black shanks, which are objections to many. I'.lack Is the established color but the white variety is also bred. Minorcas . are similar to the leghorns In productiveness pro-ductiveness and temperament, but have no points of superiority over ' Leghorns except size. |
