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. Animal husbandry. Livestock. DUAL PURPOSE BREEDS 315 The American, English, and French Classes. — The members of this group are active but not nervous; are fair to good foragers; feathered more loosely than the breeds of Group I; good to excellent sitters and mothers ; are not so precocious as Group I, seldom reaching maturity before six to seven months. As a group they are average to. Fig. 109. — A White Leghorn. good layers of fair-sized brown-shelled eggs, though some individuals of highly specialized strains have made wonder- ful egg records. The members of this group originated in either America, England, or France, but in all cases have been thoroughly Americanized. The breeds of this group, already enumerated under dual purpose breeds, are of medium size and stockily built. The shapes of the several breeds in this group when viewed from the side vary from almost round to rectangular, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Tormey, John Lawless, 1881-; Lawry, Rolla Cecil, 1884- joint author; Hatch, K. L. (Kirk Lester), 1871-. New York, American Book Co