| Show italy believed home of original leghorn C fowls the history of poultry reveals that italy was undoubtedly the home of the original nal leghorn fowls says the montreal herald early literature shows that poultry of several kinds was tred bred at least years ago and owls fowls were used in rome for food 2000 years ago indications resulting from careful and widespread investigations are that the leghorn fowls as they existed in italy prior to 1815 were a mori mongrel grel lot descended from promis chous without any attention being paid to color body formation or productivity the greatest development in the breed has taken place in england the united states and canada and it Is significant that the high state of development attained in these countries has led breeders bleeders bre eders in the native home of the leghorn to import specimens for the sole purpose of improving size stamina conformation and productivity not to say profit prof it |
