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Show SEVERAL KINDS OF LEGHORN I Of the severs! breeds of Leghorn, the white la the moat popular and ihe brown next, aaya the Farm I'ouliry. The Huff Leghorns of the best titiuins bare about all the good qualities of I the white variety and ure fnst gaining popularity, the color being more attractive at-tractive lo some tastes. The Illack and Domliiiiiue lghorua also have their advocates. Kaoh of the Leghorns, Leg-horns, although naturally having single sin-gle combs, are bred alao with rose combs. The rose comb Is obtained by Introduction of Hamburg blood, and the result la In general a tendency to smaller bodies and smaller eggs In the rose comb varletlea. The single, combs vary greatly In else and weight, according to strain. Borne of the larger strains are almost equal In slie in the averaae of some of the medium weight breeds, and It la claimed t the site la not obtained at the exper of laying powers. The Leghorns li-most li-most of the breeds, need to be'lir with care to prevent the tendency' smaller sites. Small bodies, nine!' or cramped In shape, are conald.r undesirable, as tending to small and lack of constitution. Klght .or ten year. ,g l,,,,,, cockerele ware In considerable mand for croaslng. The I-eghorn h llrahma cross, Leghorn and Wye dotto. or Leghorn and Plymouth Hoi wero preferred by many poultryml to breed croaabred ehlckena for brd era and roasters, and of late years tl tendency of the poultry plant, seen lo be toward the use of one or ano, er of the pure breeda. Cross breed M la more trouble and results less ui form than from the mire hrrf. i. ii...e.. ., |